Windows 10: After AOMEI recovery, windows shows much less storage capacity than I actually have.

Discus and support After AOMEI recovery, windows shows much less storage capacity than I actually have. in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; I installed a new 1TB SSD on my laptop. Windows confirmed that I had a 1 TB SSD that was almost empty. Then, I restored the system from my old SSD,... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by MorganB3, Mar 20, 2022.

  1. MORGANB3
    MorganB3 Win User

    After AOMEI recovery, windows shows much less storage capacity than I actually have.


    I installed a new 1TB SSD on my laptop. Windows confirmed that I had a 1 TB SSD that was almost empty. Then, I restored the system from my old SSD, using an AOMEI backup. Now, Windows tells me that I have a 256 GB SSD that's almost full. I don't see a partition in the file explorer. Is there a way that I can find one and remove it? Do I have to reformat my computer, and make another backup with different settings?

    :)
     
    MorganB3, Mar 20, 2022
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  2. LOCKED
    locked Win User

    Storage showing as double the actual SSD size

    Running Windows 10 Home 20H2 (Build 19042.964) on an AMD based Windows Surface Laptop 4 with 512GB SSD.

    Even though it has a 512GB SDD as confirmed by both disk management and file explorer, settings -> system -> Storage reports the size as 951GB! I have searched but struggling to discover how to get it to report the real size.

    Per the image below it shows
    • 553GB used - bigger than the size of the SDD
      519GB in system & reserved


    After AOMEI recovery, windows shows much less storage capacity than I actually have. [​IMG]


    System and reserved breaks down per this screenshot

    After AOMEI recovery, windows shows much less storage capacity than I actually have. [​IMG]


    Have tried various options including disk cleanup, SFC and DSIM to get it to report the correct size but to no avail. Any suggestions on how to correct this much appreciated?
     
    locked, Mar 20, 2022
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  3. DAVE
    Dave Win User
    Understanding Storage Spaces capacity descriptions

    I have a Storage Spaces array in Windows 10 consisting of 7 SATA HDDs ranging from 3TB -> 8TB each (-edit- for completeness, those drive capacities are: {3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8}).

    I'm trying to understand the Storage Spaces capacity values, shown below:


    After AOMEI recovery, windows shows much less storage capacity than I actually have. IuI6y.png


    The section above the drive Name & Letter makes sense in isolation:

    • 15 TB
      • defined size, with thin provisioning allowing it to exceed actual
        available capacity
    • Using 14.6 TB pool capacity
      • the actual available configured capacity

    And the 31.8 TB "Total pool capacity" makes complete sense as the sum of the actual disk capacity from each drive.

    But...

    1. Why is only 14.6 available?
      • I've defined my size as 15 TB
      • It says I have 17.2 TB available
    2. What's the relationship here of the 22.5 TB "Including resiliency"?
    3. What is my actual real max configurable usable capacity?
      • I expected to have around 20 TB (66% of 32) - so I'm guessing it's actually only 17.2, but then see question #1
     
    Dave, Mar 20, 2022
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  4. LOCKED
    locked Win User

    After AOMEI recovery, windows shows much less storage capacity than I actually have.

    Storage showing as double the actual SSD size

    many thanks for the suggestions. I have looked through and sadly none help. I have even does a fresh windows install (keeping data).

    Searches for the problem show many hits but most are where the total storage size is correct but there is high use of the storage. The problem here is the storage size in settings shows as double the size of the C partition. I have found a few hits but no solution so hoping there may be some other suggestions here?
     
    locked, Mar 20, 2022
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