Windows 10: Total space used in drive way more than the space used by all my files

Discus and support Total space used in drive way more than the space used by all my files in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; So, I ran a chkdsk on my E: Drive and noticed the used up space has suddenly increased. All the files collectively including hidden files occupy only... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by vis-cracked, Dec 23, 2020.

  1. VIS-CRACKED
    vis-cracked Win User

    Total space used in drive way more than the space used by all my files


    So, I ran a chkdsk on my E: Drive and noticed the used up space has suddenly increased. All the files collectively including hidden files occupy only 37.5 GB data but the disk is showing 60 GB used space only 115GB free in 175GB drive. I thought there are probably some bad sectors in my drive, so I ran chkdsk again and got this:


    Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...

    275968 file records processed.

    File verification completed.

    Phase duration File record verification: 1.72 seconds.

    10 large file records processed.

    Phase duration Orphan file record recovery: 0.00 milliseconds.

    0 bad file records processed.

    Phase duration Bad file record checking: 0.20 milliseconds.



    Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...

    64 reparse records processed.

    295968 index entries processed.

    Index verification completed.

    Phase duration Index verification: 7.07 seconds.

    0 unindexed files scanned.

    Phase duration Orphan reconnection: 39.96 milliseconds.

    0 unindexed files recovered to lost and found.

    Phase duration Orphan recovery to lost and found: 0.67 milliseconds.

    64 reparse records processed.

    Phase duration Reparse point and Object ID verification: 2.71 milliseconds.



    Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...

    Security descriptor verification completed.

    Phase duration Security descriptor verification: 3.34 milliseconds.

    10001 data files processed.

    Phase duration Data attribute verification: 0.27 milliseconds.

    CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...

    8875768 USN bytes processed.

    Usn Journal verification completed.

    Phase duration USN journal verification: 23.86 milliseconds.



    Stage 4: Looking for bad clusters in user file data ...

    275952 files processed.

    File data verification completed.

    Phase duration User file recovery: 2.31 minutes.



    Stage 5: Looking for bad, free clusters ...

    30268364 free clusters processed.

    Free space verification is complete.

    Phase duration Free space recovery: 0.00 milliseconds.



    Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems.

    No further action is required.



    183654399 KB total disk space.

    62153028 KB in 264639 files.

    71640 KB in 10002 indexes.

    0 KB in bad sectors.

    356275 KB in use by the system.

    65536 KB occupied by the log file.

    121073456 KB available on disk.



    4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

    45913599 total allocation units on disk.

    30268364 allocation units available on disk.

    Total duration: 2.46 minutes 147902 ms.


    It says there are no bad sectors, and no other problems with the file system, but the space is still occupied by.. something?... Is there anyway to free up this space???

    :)
     
    vis-cracked, Dec 23, 2020
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  2. PETER BRIGG
    Peter Brigg Win User

    Discrepancy between 'Used Space' on C drive and total of actual folders/files

    According to 'Properties' in Windows Explorer, my C drive (one of four partitions on my primary drive) has 296GB 'Used Space' and 272GB 'Free Space', giving a total partition size of 568GB. However, if I add up the total space occupied by all the folders
    and files on C drive that are listed in Windows Explorer they come to roughly 44GB. (The largest folder is Windows (19.5GB), followed by Users (9GB) and Program Files (5.8GB). The rest of the folders are smaller than this.). Nearly all my applications, data,
    photos, videos, backups etc are on the other three partitions on the primary hard drive or on a secondary internal hard drive.

    Can anyone suggest what accounts for the HUGE discrepancy between the reported 'Used Space' and the total of the actual folders/files? I first noticed this when backing up my C drive using Acronis TrueImage, which yields a back up file of 218GB - presumably
    the 296GB with some compression. A few months back I recall that the Acronis backup files were sized at around 60-70GB, so there's something funny going on! If there is some giant folder or file that is lurking on my C drive, what could it be and why isn't
    it showing up in Windows Explorer?
     
    Peter Brigg, Dec 23, 2020
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  3. SUNILSHAH17
    sunilshah17 Win User
    empty the space in C drive

    I am using windows 10 . C drive shows only around 600 mb free space and 276 gb used.

    In fact when we open C drive and check all subfolders where total space used is only around 50 gb

    I dont understand where the other space is used. Please suggest how to get back the free space
     
    sunilshah17, Dec 23, 2020
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  4. REALTRAVISBROWN92
    realtravisbrown92 Win User

    Total space used in drive way more than the space used by all my files

    Unallocated Space to C Drive

    Thanks
     
    realtravisbrown92, Dec 23, 2020
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