Windows 10: Windows Folder Size greater than Size on Disk

Discus and support Windows Folder Size greater than Size on Disk in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; My 32GB Windows 10 Home PC (recently upgraded from 8.1) is low on disk space. I deleted Windows.old and I have hibernation disabled. Apart from a few... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by martin10, Jan 12, 2016.

  1. MARTIN10
    martin10 Win User

    Windows Folder Size greater than Size on Disk


    My 32GB Windows 10 Home PC (recently upgraded from 8.1) is low on disk space. I deleted Windows.old and I have hibernation disabled. Apart from a few browsers, very little else is installed, yet I only have 11.7GB left?

    One reason may be the size of the Windows folder:
    Size 14.7GB
    Size on Disk 9.91GB

    From my calculations, Windows appears to be using the higher figure in determining available disk space.

    Why is 'Size' so much greater than 'Size on Disk', can I do anything about it? I have a similar 8.1 machine, it does not have this disparity (12.4GB and 12.3GB).

    What would be a normal 'Size' for a Windows folder on Windows 10 Home PC very recently upgraded from 8.1 i.e. with few, if any Windows live updates run ?

    :)
     
    martin10, Jan 12, 2016
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  2. ALI ALALFY
    Ali Alalfy Win User

    How to free up disk space in Windows

    Hi, I am using windows 10 with 150 GBs of disk space. I found that the windows' folder is about 50 GBs, which is far greater than the listed in the system specification. I did disk cleanup and limited the disk usage by system restore to 6 GBs and still
    has the great size of windows on the disk. can you help me with this, please?
     
    Ali Alalfy, Jan 12, 2016
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  3. BLITZKID
    blitzkid Win User
    Can't send MMS on Nokia C7

    The video clip though reduced to five seconds, the size of the clip may be greater than 300kb. Check the properties of the video to see its size... If the format is of large size try converting it to some other format with smaller size. Then try sending
    it via mms.
     
    blitzkid, Jan 12, 2016
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    Archie123 Win User

    Windows Folder Size greater than Size on Disk

    Archie123, Jan 12, 2016
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  5. LMILLER7
    LMiller7 Win User
    Actually Windows isn't using either 14.7 GB or 9.91 GB numbers. Both of those are at best only an approximation. The only number Windows cares about is that reported in the volume properties which will always be exact. Numbers based on usage of individual folders take time to produce and can never be anything other than an approximation in any modern file system.
     
    LMiller7, Apr 4, 2018
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