Windows 10: Windows showing I use way more storage than it actually does

Discus and support Windows showing I use way more storage than it actually does in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; Apps & features take up 114 GB of storage, despite counting manually only added up to around 33 GBAdding manually in MB:12,300... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by htfhgfhgc, Nov 6, 2023.

  1. htfhgfhgc Win User

    Windows showing I use way more storage than it actually does


    Apps & features take up 114 GB of storage, despite counting manually only added up to around 33 GBAdding manually in MB:12,300 4,6002,8202,40092977975171654748943335334534429829428824722522121621321121020620420320020019718614513912310590.489.184.778.269.667.166.966.961.258.557.15540.133.732.93231.929.5272720.620.518.21817.417.21513.913.212.410.610.28.046.936.876.615.625.474.944.283.712.8320.821.971.571.381.03Adding all these together is around 33.5 GB, despite Windows saying its 114.No clue to where to start fixing, any help would be good. Thank you

    :)
     
    htfhgfhgc, Nov 6, 2023
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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 showing I use way more storage than it actually does 331831d1620463824t-storage-showing-double-actual-ssd-size-capture.png


    System and reserved breaks down per this screenshot

    Windows showing I use way more storage than it actually does 331832d1620464039t-storage-showing-double-actual-ssd-size-capture2.png


    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, Nov 6, 2023
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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, Nov 6, 2023
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  4. Megahertz Win User

    Windows showing I use way more storage than it actually does

    Storage showing as double the actual SSD size  

    How come on settings -> system -> Storage I have a completely different screen?
    Why isn't System & Reserved listed?
    I'm running 10 Pro 20H2 (Build 19042.928)


    Windows showing I use way more storage than it actually does 331884d1620485429t-storage-showing-double-actual-ssd-size-image.png


    I have D:\users so documents etc isn't on C:
     
    Megahertz, Nov 6, 2023
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