My 4tb hard drive acts as he is 2tb

Kjartan1303

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Apr 30, 2016
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I have tried all of the GTP type of problem solving but it still is not quite the same as my problem. Disk management says it is 3725,90 mb, in My computer it says it is 3,63 tb and almost every other program says it is ~4tb. Recently it started telling me my disk was full, I found that really strange so I started digging in to it. I started by manually checking how much space every thing was using and it only showed about 1,7tb of usage. Then in WinDirStat it showed the same result. I can't find any hidden large files on it or any indication that it should be full. I'll link some screenshots down below. I would really appreciate it if someone could give me an answer. Than you.

My computer: https://gyazo.com/2d28b43d6c57b1c95c9c09e878bd9f6f
Disk Manager: https://gyazo.com/de43296d4d85fa62f83b643c491bda3a
WinDirStat: https://gyazo.com/e7e8d5eec95e1f1a578434b15e8475f3
Properties of all files: https://gyazo.com/1d4368f85303bb5187ce571c51647ee4
 

Colif

Win 11 Master
Moderator
what format is the drive set up as? Is it one big 4 tb partition or did you split it? You might want to format it as GPT if you want one big partition as MBR max partition size is 2.19tb yet you are using 4tb.

Suppose better question would be: What Windows are you running?

If running win 7, you best split it into 2 tb partitions so it can be seen by the pc
If win 8 or win 10, you need to make the partitions in GPT format to get over 2.19tb on a partition - GPT partitions can be so big the hdd to make them doesn't exist yet.

http://www.howtogeek.com/193669/whats-the-difference-between-gpt-and-mbr-when-partitioning-a-drive/

 

Kjartan1303

Commendable
Apr 30, 2016
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I allready had it in GPT and with one big 4tb partision. I am running windows 10 recently upgrated from windows 7.