Windows 10: Temporary files taking up 419gb of D drive

So I noticed that my D drive was slowly filling up without me downloading anything. I decided to check what is causing this and I went to Settings -> Storage Settings -> More Storage Settings -> View storage usage on other devices -> D:

Here I saw that my apps take up 300gb space, which I expected, but I saw that the temp files take up even more space 419GB!!. I clicked on Temporary Files to see which files are taking up that much space and there is just an empty screen saying "Some temporary files are needed by apps. Below is a list of files you can remove now." with no files listed below.

Any ideas what may be causing this and where are the files located. My only guess was that those are Windows temp files but they are on my C: drive and take up less than 10GB. Is there a way to fix this without factory resetting my computer?

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D drive

Hi,

Based on the details you have provided us, it appears that there might be some corrupted contents on the said partition. We can also consider that this is caused by a virus.

For us to check if a certain virus is hiding your files, kindly follow the steps below:

• Type Command prompt in the search bar.
• Type-in the following command:
  
  attrib -h -r -s /s /d D:\*.*
• Press Enter to execute the command.

If you think that there is nothing important stored in it, then we suggest that you reformat your D drive so that you can use the free space for important files.

You can follow the steps below to start with the process:

• Click on the File Explorer.
• Select This PC.
• Right-click on your D drive, then click on Format.
• Follow the on-screen process to finish formatting the partition.

Let us know how it goes so that we can further assist you.

 

D drive

Since the game is being downloaded to the temporary files of the drive C, it may create conflict when you install the downloaded game from temporary file C to drive D. We suggest to set-up your steam to download the game directly to drive D and check if
you will get the same error message when you install it.

Update us with the outcome so we can provide you further assistance.

 

windows 10 internal drive d how to take back ownership of the hardrive?

Hi Steve,

To help you with your concern regarding the internal hard drive, let me suggest you to follow the steps below:

• Open File Explorer
• Right-click on the Drive D:
• Select Properties
• Click Security tab then select Advanced
• Select Change after the Owner: line

Please let us know how it goes for us to assist you further.