Windows 10: Hard drives think they have less space available than they do

I'm doing something I've done a thousand times, copying over a wedding that I downloaded through DropBox on one hard drive over to an external hard drive. But I get an error message: "There is not enough space on More Storage. You need an additional 175 GB to copy these files." It says the space free is 263 GB and total size is 931. The thing is, it's not, and if I go into Explorer it says so. It reads 3.47 TB free of 3.63 TB. I tried formatting the drive, but still get the same exact message. Here's the weirder part: I then threw up my hands and tried to copy it to another drive instead and s

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Hard Drive Space Missing

Hi,

It is possible that hard drive space was missing due to a corrupted file system. To better assist you, kindly answer the following questions:

• Have you made any recent changes prior to this issue?
• Have you tried deleting temporary files?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far aside from checked the hidden files?

We're looking forward to your response.

 

Windows is taking up too much hard drive space.

Hi Trisha,

Windows might have been accumulated large drive space due to installed apps, temporary files, or etc. For us to identify which item mostly accumulates your drive space, we suggest that you check it here:

• Click on Start.
• Type Storage, and then press Enter.
• Under Local Storage, click on This
  PC (C.
• On this window, you will see which item mot accumulate your drive space.

We also recommend that you follow the steps given on this article on how to
free up drive space in Windows 10. Click on every drop down to view the steps.

Let us know if you need further assistance.

 

hard drive space

i have a 1 terabyte hard drive and i was wondering how best to make use of the space. the hard drive is in a lenovo think centre used for gaming. also exactly how is space used or what affects does utilizing the space have on pc function