Windows 10: Windows 10 Storage Setting showing wrong disk size information

Discus and support Windows 10 Storage Setting showing wrong disk size information in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Mine C drive where windows is pre-installed by OEM i.e. 256 GB SSD is shown 475 GB in the settings!!! How to correct this???--Few Imgs to describe the... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by ProPython, Jul 5, 2021.

  1. ProPython Win User

    Windows 10 Storage Setting showing wrong disk size information


    Mine C drive where windows is pre-installed by OEM i.e. 256 GB SSD is shown 475 GB in the settings!!! How to correct this???--Few Imgs to describe the issue better Check the C Drive:THANK YOU

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    ProPython, Jul 5, 2021
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  2. locked Win User

    Storage showing as double the actual SSD size

    Running Windows 10 Home 20H2 (Build 19042.964) on an AMD based Windows Surface Laptop 4 with 512GB SSD.

    Even though it has a 512GB SDD as confirmed by both disk management and file explorer, settings -> system -> Storage reports the size as 951GB! I have searched but struggling to discover how to get it to report the real size.

    Per the image below it shows
    • 553GB used - bigger than the size of the SDD
      519GB in system & reserved


    Windows 10 Storage Setting showing wrong disk size information [​IMG]


    System and reserved breaks down per this screenshot

    Windows 10 Storage Setting showing wrong disk size information [​IMG]


    Have tried various options including disk cleanup, SFC and DSIM to get it to report the correct size but to no avail. Any suggestions on how to correct this much appreciated?
     
    locked, Jul 5, 2021
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  3. locked Win User
    Storage showing as double the actual SSD size

    many thanks for the suggestions. I have looked through and sadly none help. I have even does a fresh windows install (keeping data).

    Searches for the problem show many hits but most are where the total storage size is correct but there is high use of the storage. The problem here is the storage size in settings shows as double the size of the C partition. I have found a few hits but no solution so hoping there may be some other suggestions here?
     
    locked, Jul 5, 2021
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  4. topgundcp Win User

    Windows 10 Storage Setting showing wrong disk size information

    Conflicting information on my Storage Space...

    From disk management, it does report the same storage and used space as from explorer.
    May I ask did you try to create a storage pool or something ? if so, you should not mess with this.

    Is this disk an external disk connected via USB ? WD or Seagate branch ?

    I have the feeling that this disk is formatted with GPT type using 512K emulation so Windows get confused. To verify:


    1. Right click on Disk 6 ->Properties->Volumes. What does it show on partition styles ? GPT ?
    2. Download Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free, install then run. What does it show on disk 7 ? MBR ?

    If step 1 shows GPT and step 2 shows MBR then definitely the disk was formatted using 512K emulation. The reason they did this so that it would be recognized by WinXP or if you connect it to a TV.

    Windows Updates failed is another problem you have. First, it tried to updates from 1703 -> 1709 and failed so any subsequent updates to 1803 also failed.
     
    topgundcp, Jul 5, 2021
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