Windows 10: Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB

Discus and support Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Just after updating Windows 10 pro and decided to run Disk Cleanup and noticed that I have 3.99 TB of Windows Updates to clean, I read that this was a... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by gedstar, Jan 10, 2017.

  1. gedstar Win User

    Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB


    Just after updating Windows 10 pro and decided to run Disk Cleanup and noticed that I have 3.99 TB of Windows Updates to clean, I read that this was a bug in previous builds and had been fixed or maybe not!
    I'm not in the Fast Ring or Insider Preview


    Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB [​IMG]



    Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB [​IMG]


    :)
     
    gedstar, Jan 10, 2017
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  2. Parpaluck Win User

    Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB of Windows Update files to be cleaned

    After Windows 10 update KB3213986, a lower numbered update came out on January 24, 2017:
    KB3211320. Surprisingly also, Windows did not require a restart after installation.



    The best news: KB3211320 solved
    the KGB 3.99TB virus. I did a
    Disk Cleanup, including Cleanup System Files, and I no longer saw 3.99TB for
    Windows Update Cleanup.



    So far, so good!



    Ion Saliu

    “A good man is an axiomatic man; an axiomatic man is a happy man. Be axiomatic!”
     
    Parpaluck, Jan 10, 2017
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  3. Ang087 Win User
    Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB of Windows Update files to be cleaned

    This has happened with the free disk space tool since the beginning when I first started receiving cumulative updates for Windows 10 in the old version 1511 and in the new version 1607.

    After the green bar goes all the way over, it never completes the disk cleanup which is trying to clean up the 3.99TB of previous older windows updates.

    What I learned to do is either cancel it by hitting the cancel button or opening up Task Manager and end Disk Cleanup. Either way works. After I've waited a few minutes, I try Disk Cleanup once more. It goes through the whole process and also no longer shows
    that 3.99TB of older Windows Updates that needed to be cleaned up.

    I have never waited for the Cleanup Disk Utility to clean up that 3.99TB because you would be waiting forever for it to finish. Once the green bar goes all the way over, I then cancel it. Everything works okay the second time you use Disk Cleanup.

    I figured it out to be a glitch of some sort. I did have Windows 7 Home Premium when I first upgraded to Windows 10 version 1511. Not sure exactly what causes this problem, but just know that you can cancel Disk Cleanup, wait about 5 or 10 minutes and then
    do the Disk Cleanup again. That 3.99 TB will disappear, and you can finish up with Disk Cleanup.
     
    Ang087, Jan 10, 2017
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  4. EdTittel Win User

    Disk Cleanup says that I have 3.99 TB

    This has happened before on other Windows 10 builds. I blogged about this on October 12 and again on November 11 last year. Here are some links:
    http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarge...ter-kb3200970/
    Cleanup 3.99 TB from 500GB Drive! - Windows Enterprise Desktop
    The issue, as forum member Bree explained it back when, is that a file with lots of hard links is going to be reported as equal in size to the number of copies linked. Thus, for a 200 MB file, 10 hard links means 2 GB! The older updates were in the range of 900 MB to 1.1 GB if memory serves, and reported as 3.99 TB likewise. It's not a bug, it's a feature!
    HTH,
    --Ed--
     
    EdTittel, Jan 11, 2017
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  5. CountMike New Member
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's been a matter of ridicule for years now, was happening since W7 at least.
     
    CountMike, Jan 11, 2017
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  6. NavyLCDR New Member
    I wonder if anyone has filed a claim against Microsoft in small claims court? "You promised me 4 TB of free space and I want my 4 TB of free space!"
     
    NavyLCDR, Jan 12, 2017
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  7. CountMike New Member
    Lol. that would teach them.
     
    CountMike, Apr 4, 2018
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