Windows 10: HDD space issue

Discus and support HDD space issue in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; Just installed a 1TB drive I had and after formatting it (Non quick method) it shows 929GB free of 931GB. Within Storage it says 1.60GB used out of... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by udidwht, Oct 16, 2016.

  1. udidwht Win User

    HDD space issue


    Just installed a 1TB drive I had and after formatting it (Non quick method) it shows 929GB free of 931GB. Within Storage it says 1.60GB used out of 931GB but opening the drive using explorer it's empty. This is with the options set to show folders/files enabled for the drive.

    Clicking on the drive within storage shows under 'System & Reserved' 1.60GB used. Hibernation and System restore is off for all drives except C: and I've made sure there are no shadow copies on all but C:

    This normal?

    :)
     
    udidwht, Oct 16, 2016
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    BrianMillerYV, Oct 16, 2016
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  3. Joe_Admin Win User
    Does Windows 10 support tiered storage?

    Care to post the steps you took to configure the storage space? PowerShell commands issued and in what order?
     
    Joe_Admin, Oct 16, 2016
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  4. dalchina New Member
  5. Bree New Member
    @dalchina your links refer to the 'is it 1024 or 1000?' confusion for disk sizes. But the OP specifically said 'System & Reserved' 1.60GB used. The 'missing' space would appear to be due to there being two partitions on the newly formatted second drive, a similar layout as in this thread...
    A Disk Management screenshot from @udidwht would help us see if that's the case and what (if anything) can be done about it.
     
  6. udidwht Win User
    Neither the Windows disk management shows the drive fully allocated as 931.50.GB after partition of the drive.
     
    udidwht, Oct 16, 2016
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  7. CountMike New Member
    Did also set to show hidden system files/folders ?
    "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)"
     
    CountMike, Oct 17, 2016
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  8. jimbo45 Win User

    HDD space issue

    Hi there

    Check also that there's no re-cycle bin files left on the HDD -- ensure in Windows that recycle bin is empty.
    I agree a newly formatted drive shouldn't have any files but sometimes if data has been written and deleted the recycle bin files aren't shown on individual drives.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Oct 17, 2016
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  9. CountMike New Member
    Windows makes at least couple of folders on all drives it formats.
    $RECYCLE.BIN, .TRASH and possibly System Volume Information. They can only be seen if that option I mentioned before is enabled.
     
    CountMike, Oct 17, 2016
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  10. RolandJS Win User
    RolandJS, Oct 17, 2016
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  11. CountMike New Member
    Recycle bin properties can turn off it's folder creations on any disk. Than it would delete files without putting them in recycle bin first. Even then you could revive deleted files with special programs unless they are over written.
     
    CountMike, Apr 5, 2018
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