Windows 10: Different storage capacity

Discus and support Different storage capacity in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; When i click on my user account in C:, it shows i got 43GB inside, but when i get into the folder and select every sub folders in it and checks for the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by Valentina Fernando, Apr 13, 2025.

  1. Different storage capacity


    When i click on my user account in C:, it shows i got 43GB inside, but when i get into the folder and select every sub folders in it and checks for the storage it shows 6GB total. What does it mean? is that some security threat to have confusing storage capacity? I tried uploading the screenshots, but couldn't proceed as they were failed to load.Can someone help me with this, please

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    Valentina Fernando, Apr 13, 2025
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  2. 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:


    Different storage capacity [​IMG]


    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
     
  3. Storage pool shows correct capacity, explorer does not

    I have a storage pool with two 14TB disks. I recently added another 14TB disk to the pool, it shows the disk in the storage pool and the correct capacity is listed. In explorer and any other way to access the drive, it only shows the capacity of the two disks.
     
    Austin Kimbrough, Apr 13, 2025
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  4. Different storage capacity

    Total Storage Capacity

    I had recently changed users on my laptop, and deleted the first (owner) user account and noticed that the full storage capacity of my laptop was cut in half. I was wondering if there was any way to reclaim the full storage capacity. Thanks.
     
    Chukwuemeka Gubor, Apr 13, 2025
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