HELP! Drive properties shows more space consumption than my files have actually taken

daniyalkh14 · Dec 8, 2017

I have 1 year old 1tb seagate barracuda,i have 1 partition of 680gb,Drive properties is showing 418 gb used and 253 free but in that partition my files are using 344gb,so that's a difference of around 75gb, where is all other space going and how can i fix this problem?

Phillip Corcoran · Dec 8, 2017

Depends how you added it all up.

Using Windows Explorer, you don't see all the files or even all the folders, especially if you leave the default setting of "Show hidden files & folders" disabled. Then there are Windows Restore Points, you don't see them either.

Use an HDD Space Analyser to see what's using the space:

https://lifehacker.com/5835082/five-best-hard-drive-space-analyzers

RolandJS · Dec 8, 2017

Thanks Phillip, I downloaded a couple and will do likewise as the OP will do.

daniyalkh14 · Dec 9, 2017

Phillip Corcoran :

I always keep hide folders option disabled and i Tried Windirstat but its only showing all the data used by files in drive ,not showing "THE HIDDEN DATA"(which is my actual concern),is there any tip to use this software or anything i'm missing?

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