Windows 10: unknown files in my system

Discus and support unknown files in my system in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; I cant find what files / programs occupies my system. Now, the system is almost full even though I havent save anything on it and I didnt do download... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by donnie.wilkinson1, Sep 12, 2022.

  1. unknown files in my system


    I cant find what files / programs occupies my system. Now, the system is almost full even though I havent save anything on it and I didnt do download much on the computer. I use this machine for emails and browsing only so it should not occupy the storage much.

    :)
     
    donnie.wilkinson1, Sep 12, 2022
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  2. Unknown file system grub rescue

    Hi,

    I have the same error as described here: Redirecting

    But the resolution steps did not help.

    I have a dual-boot system (win10 + ubuntu).

    When I tried the repair procedure I got "windows cannot fix your issue" with two options - troubleshoot again (which doesn't do anything different) or shut down.

    I'm unable to do anything from here.

    Any suggestions would be welcome!

    BR,

    Milena
     
    MilenaBaldzhiyska, Sep 12, 2022
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  3. crooky Win User
    Unknown Space - Not System Restore Files

    I've had this issue on every Windows 7 and onwards PC I've owned and it's the dreaded "unknown" space being used that gets bigger and bigger until it becomes noticeable. The issue is this time is it doesn't seem like the easy delete the system restore files option within Computer > System > System Protection


    unknown files in my system [​IMG]


    Here's the System Protection settings pages plus the command "VSSAdmin list shadowstorage" run as administrator which confirms no space is being used by shadow copies.


    unknown files in my system [​IMG]

    unknown files in my system [​IMG]

    unknown files in my system [​IMG]


    Something that is probably worth saying is that I recently moved from a HDD to a SSD by cloning the original HDD. Since then Programs and Features has not been displaying the file sizes of programs correctly with a number of them being exactly 6.51GB and others despite being 20+GB games (Project Cars) showing as having no file size at all!


    unknown files in my system [​IMG]

    unknown files in my system [​IMG]


    This doesn't match the file sizes that Steam is reporting:


    unknown files in my system [​IMG]


    Anyone got any ideas on what this could be or a way of locating this unknown space?

    Thanks.
     
    crooky, Sep 12, 2022
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  4. unknown files in my system

    File System: Unknown

    format it and set the file system to FAT?
     
    WhiteLotus, Sep 12, 2022
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