Windows 10: I need to free up space on my Lenovo laptop. I'm almost at full data capacity. HELP!!!

I need to free up space on my Lenovo laptop. I'm almost at full data capacity. HELP!!!

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New Laptop Help, Please.

What about MSI GS60 or Lenovo Y50? THey are light, portable and powerful... also both are 15" and in your budget. *Toast :toast:

 

Storage Spaces capacity error

Hi,

I am using Storage spaces in Raid 5 (parity).

Storages spaces is telling me that my capacity is full and I need to add more drives. However, in 'This Pc' (my computer) it is telling me I still have over 7.5 tb available?

I have checked the data in my pool and it confirms that i should still have 7.5tb available.

Why is storages spaces telling me otherwise? Is it wrong? Is it malfunctioning? Have I done something wrong?? Can i correct this???

Details:

OS - Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

8x 3tb WD Green harddrives (data) - Raid 5 (parity)

1x 120gb Kingston SSD (OS)

Storage spaces indicating:

Pool capacity 21.8 tb

Using 21.5 tb

This Pc indicating:

Capacity 21.7 tb

Used 14.2 tb

Free 7.51 tb

I have checked the size of the data in the pool and it is matches with what 'This Pc' is reporting. Why is Storage spaces saying otherwise?

Please help!

Much appreciated!

 

HP Stream Laptop

Hi there,

Thank you for posting to Microsoft Community.

1. May I know the version of Windows that you are using?
   
2. What is the total hard disk space of your laptop?
   

I would suggest you to take a backup of all your user data, after which you can try and perform the steps to

Free up drive space in Windows 10. Check if that helps.

Please get back to us if you need any further suggestions.

Aaron Summith

Microsoft Community - Moderator