Windows 10: Folder size bigger than its Disk Space

Discus and support Folder size bigger than its Disk Space in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Hi,I am facing an interesting issue wherein the size of a Drive is 300 GB. But the folder inside it which contains all data is showing a 405 GB. Not... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by EKAMBARAM-B, Apr 14, 2022.

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    Hi,I am facing an interesting issue wherein the size of a Drive is 300 GB. But the folder inside it which contains all data is showing a 405 GB. Not sure where the extra 100 GB has come from . I am finding this issue on a VM I had created and using . The Drive actually holds backup data which is being scheduled at the Application level. Do let me know how we can get this issue fixed. Tried Defragmentation and chkdsk option. But nothing turned out to fix.

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    EKAMBARAM-B, Apr 14, 2022
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    Thanks buddy! Yea, this section's not dead. Kreij and I have big plans for this section. I don't want to give nothing away, but we have some bigger projects down the road. *Toast :toast: I feel I'm pretty good at coding with different languages, but I'm well behind Kreij's level of experience with those other Languages. I've been working on those other languages, and soon I'll feel comfortable enough to start, and not feel like I'm holding the project back. *Toast :toast:

    Now on to your suggestions.

    • maybe you rename Get Folder button caption to something more intuitive? Add Folder, Get Folder Size, Check Folder Size or something like that? Yea, that's been bothering me and I like your suggestion "Add Folder". I'll change it on the next release.
    • Could you add subfolder files to the right pane? (it can be a tickbox with include sub dirs) I could add this, but let me see if I understand what you're asking. By subfolders you mean add all the folders in the left panel to the right panel? Those folders are all the subfolders in the "Get folder".
    • maybe you also add export list to excel? I'll add this on the next release.
    • there's delete file button maybe you add delete folder button too? I'll add this on the next release.
    • and finally maybe you can add UP button for directories? I'll add this on the next release.
    These are all great suggestions! Thanks Drone! *Toast :toast:
     
    Mindweaver, Apr 14, 2022
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    Disk space.

    On a hard drive there are 180GB/500GB used but when i select all the folders/files(with hidden folders) they amount to 67GB. I disabled hybernate, system restore, manual set size for swap file. Run chkdsk , defragmented the drive. What else could eat about 100GB of disk space ?
    Thank you.

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    droopyRO, Apr 14, 2022
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    Hi Tim,

    For us to address you concern, we suggest following these steps on how to increase the text size of toolbars, application labels and folder names:

    • On Cortana search, type display settings.
    • Choose Display settings from the list.
    • Click on Advanced display settings.
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    Gerard Qui, Apr 14, 2022
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