Windows 10: C drive showing more used space than the space occupied by all files inside the drive

Discus and support C drive showing more used space than the space occupied by all files inside the drive in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; basically my c drive has 217gb storage ssd of which 103 gb is shown as used space . when I select all the files in c drive and check on properties... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by vijay_13o5, Dec 1, 2020.

  1. VIJAY_13O5
    vijay_13o5 Win User

    C drive showing more used space than the space occupied by all files inside the drive


    basically my c drive has 217gb storage ssd of which 103 gb is shown as used space .

    when I select all the files in c drive and check on properties only 40 gb is shown as size on disk .then i should have have additional 77 gb storage

    kindly help me windows 10 os

    :)
     
    vijay_13o5, Dec 1, 2020
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  2. AKK17
    AKK17 Win User

    C drive space filling

    My C drive space in Windows 10 is filling up rapidly. I tried deleting CBS files but that weren't occupying much space.

    I used Treesize but not able to make sense of which file is occupying unnecessary space and which file to delete.
     
    AKK17, Dec 1, 2020
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  3. REALTRAVISBROWN92
    realtravisbrown92 Win User
    Unallocated Space to C Drive

    Thanks
     
    realtravisbrown92, Dec 1, 2020
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  4. PETER BRIGG
    Peter Brigg Win User

    C drive showing more used space than the space occupied by all files inside the drive

    Discrepancy between 'Used Space' on C drive and total of actual folders/files

    According to 'Properties' in Windows Explorer, my C drive (one of four partitions on my primary drive) has 296GB 'Used Space' and 272GB 'Free Space', giving a total partition size of 568GB. However, if I add up the total space occupied by all the folders
    and files on C drive that are listed in Windows Explorer they come to roughly 44GB. (The largest folder is Windows (19.5GB), followed by Users (9GB) and Program Files (5.8GB). The rest of the folders are smaller than this.). Nearly all my applications, data,
    photos, videos, backups etc are on the other three partitions on the primary hard drive or on a secondary internal hard drive.

    Can anyone suggest what accounts for the HUGE discrepancy between the reported 'Used Space' and the total of the actual folders/files? I first noticed this when backing up my C drive using Acronis TrueImage, which yields a back up file of 218GB - presumably
    the 296GB with some compression. A few months back I recall that the Acronis backup files were sized at around 60-70GB, so there's something funny going on! If there is some giant folder or file that is lurking on my C drive, what could it be and why isn't
    it showing up in Windows Explorer?
     
    Peter Brigg, Dec 1, 2020
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