Windows 10: I have reinstalled windows and most of my storage is full

I have recently reinstalled windows 11 due to a boot drive error. I chose to keep my personal files, but when I reinstalled, almost 500gb of storage is full, despite all of my apps being uninstalled. Before the reinstallation, I had around 1gb in files, so that isn't the cause of the issue, however, I had a number of games installed, through Xbox and steam. These had all been removed with the fresh install, but the space they took up is still full. How is it possible to free up this space on my pc?

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Reinstall Windows 10 on C: killed my Storage Space

My "C" Drive crashed. Purchased a new one and Installed a clean Windows 10 Pro. When I search for my Storage Space, which was my work Drive with a lot of recent data, it was not displayed in Explorer. I can see the Drives in Disk Management just fine. They are listed as Storage Pool. Here is a list of Steps that led me to this issue:


1. My Main C: crashed and needed to be replaced. So, I replaced it and reinstalled Windows 10 Pro.
2. When I was done installing Windows, I connected the two Drives that are part of the Storage Pool.
3. They were not visible anywhere, except in Disk Management, where they are listed simply as Storage Pool. I am not sure if that is the RAW definition that I read in the articles.




4. After seeing them on Disk Manager, I launched the Storage App and did not see any activity. so, I tried to create a Pool. I received a message stating that there are no available Disks that can be added.




I launched PowerShell and ran some search calls"



Drives #2 & 3 are the Storage Pool Drives.
Technically, my Storage Pool Drives did not fail. Only the Windows OS drive failed and needed to be replaced. there must be a way to get the OS to recognize the drives so the Pool can be reinitiated. I think PowerShell has some process, I just don't trust myself with experimenting and delete something.

This is my Windows 10 Information:





Is there any way to get them reactivated and get my Storage Pool back up without damaging my Stored Data?

 

Windows Updated(16299.309).KB4088776 Restart is required to complete.

Hi dalchina. Good news, I followed your suggestion and reinstalled the update and now it appears as "installed correctly" *Biggrin Maybe it was not necessary to run the Windows Update Troubleshooter or maybe if necessary. But using it I do not think it could have worsened something. The installation was very fast, unlike the first time it showed step 1 and step 2 completed.

Thanks for the suggestions and for the time to respond Best regards.


And thanks for the tip of that program, I'll have it on my list.

 

windows xp installation and dual core am

could someone please list the steps they follow to install windows with a dual core processor and windows xp service pack to. I'm reletively new to amd dual core and i feel i'm missing a step. All help will be appreciated. thanx