My 1TB HDD is showing 750GB, but I can find why?
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Hi there rengle02,
As far as I understood, I think you have two problems over here.
1st one: You see only 750 GB out of 1 TB. You need to go to Disk Management and see whether you have some unallocated space over there(250 GB). If this is the case, you can just extend your partition(right click -> extend partition). Check this out: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html
2nd one: Something on your drive is taking a lot of space. My guess would be that you may need to adjust your System Restore settings. Delete previous restore points and reduce the HDD space allocated for that. Check this out: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5482/make-system-restore-use-less-space-in-windows-7/
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
As far as I understood, I think you have two problems over here.
1st one: You see only 750 GB out of 1 TB. You need to go to Disk Management and see whether you have some unallocated space over there(250 GB). If this is the case, you can just extend your partition(right click -> extend partition). Check this out: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html
2nd one: Something on your drive is taking a lot of space. My guess would be that you may need to adjust your System Restore settings. Delete previous restore points and reduce the HDD space allocated for that. Check this out: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5482/make-system-restore-use-less-space-in-windows-7/
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
This did not work. The PC will not let me delete the restore points and it keeps creating new ones. I am up to 90GB after three days since I reformatted my HDD
D_Know_WD :
Hi there rengle02,
As far as I understood, I think you have two problems over here.
1st one: You see only 750 GB out of 1 TB. You need to go to Disk Management and see whether you have some unallocated space over there(250 GB). If this is the case, you can just extend your partition(right click -> extend partition). Check this out: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html
2nd one: Something on your drive is taking a lot of space. My guess would be that you may need to adjust your System Restore settings. Delete previous restore points and reduce the HDD space allocated for that. Check this out: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5482/make-system-restore-use-less-space-in-windows-7/
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
As far as I understood, I think you have two problems over here.
1st one: You see only 750 GB out of 1 TB. You need to go to Disk Management and see whether you have some unallocated space over there(250 GB). If this is the case, you can just extend your partition(right click -> extend partition). Check this out: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/2670-partition-volume-extend.html
2nd one: Something on your drive is taking a lot of space. My guess would be that you may need to adjust your System Restore settings. Delete previous restore points and reduce the HDD space allocated for that. Check this out: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/5482/make-system-restore-use-less-space-in-windows-7/
Hope this will help,
D_Know_WD
D_Know_WD
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What happens when you try to delete them? You can click on the "Turn off system protection" and see whether the HDD will stop filling up. Keep in mind that this will keep you from rolling back changes.
The system may be creating these due to the multiple changes that occur(lots of installations and so on).
Also, it may be a good idea to test your HDD with a brand specific testing tool. The results will show the overall health status of the drive.
D_Know_WD
The system may be creating these due to the multiple changes that occur(lots of installations and so on).
Also, it may be a good idea to test your HDD with a brand specific testing tool. The results will show the overall health status of the drive.
D_Know_WD
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