Conflicting information on my Storage Space...

56Kruiser · 16 May 2018

I posted over in drivers and hardware and getting no replies. Trying here...

System Info:
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
V 1703
Build 15063.674

When I look at the 'drive' from the explorer, it shows: Total Size: 4.99 TB Available space: 3.37TB.

Now, when I look at the storage space through Manage Storage Space...see the screen capture:

topgundcp · 16 May 2018

You are running V. 1703 which 2 version old.
Did you create this disk as a Dynamic disk ? What does Disk Management show ? Please post a screen shot of Disk Management

Bree · 16 May 2018

topgundcp said:

You are running V. 1703 which 2 version old

...and not updated since the 15063.674 build, released October 10 2017.

lehnerus2000 · 16 May 2018

topgundcp said:

You are running V. 1703 which 2 version old.

I'm not sure I see the point you are making.
Why would that account for the size discrepancy?

Maybe W10 "upgrades" won't install on the OP's machine (just like my VM and laptop, which are still on 1703).

56Kruiser · 16 May 2018

Updates are not working on my machine. I did some effort utilizing feedback in another post 3-4 weeks ago and thought I had updates working. (See my Windows update screen below).

Other screen shots in answer to requests above are below as well.

56Kruiser · 16 May 2018

Also a screenshot from my failed update history:

topgundcp · 17 May 2018

From disk management, it does report the same storage and used space as from explorer.
May I ask did you try to create a storage pool or something ? if so, you should not mess with this.

Is this disk an external disk connected via USB ? WD or Seagate branch ?

I have the feeling that this disk is formatted with GPT type using 512K emulation so Windows get confused. To verify:

Right click on Disk 6 ->Properties->Volumes. What does it show on partition styles ? GPT ?
Download Best Free Partition Manager for Windows | MiniTool Partition Free, install then run. What does it show on disk 7 ? MBR ?

If step 1 shows GPT and step 2 shows MBR then definitely the disk was formatted using 512K emulation. The reason they did this so that it would be recognized by WinXP or if you connect it to a TV.

Windows Updates failed is another problem you have. First, it tried to updates from 1703 -> 1709 and failed so any subsequent updates to 1803 also failed.

56Kruiser · 17 May 2018

I'm not having much luck. There is no 'volume' selection when I rclick and select properties.
Then when I run the downloaded utility there is no disk 7.

I do see that on Disk 2 there is a GPT.

lehnerus2000 · 17 May 2018

56Kruiser said:

System Info:
Windows 10 Pro 64 bit
V 1703
Build 15063.674

topgundcp said:

Windows Updates failed is another problem you have. First, it tried to updates from 1703 -> 1709 and failed so any subsequent updates to 1803 also failed.

Weird.
If the machine is running 1703, why did an update for 1709 (and a Flash update) succeed?

Conflicting information on my Storage Space...-w10-1703-updates.png

56Kruiser · 17 May 2018

lehnerus2000 said:

Weird.
If the machine is running 1703, why did an update for 1709 (and a Flash update) succeed?

G

Good Catch!

My apologies, and my fault. I had copied the text from my earlier post in the drivers and hardware forum that was getting no response. But since then I had done the thing that 'fixed' my updates problem, and updated to 1709.

But of course, now I have update problems again.

Correct and current version info:
Windows 10 Ppro
Version: 1709
Build: 16299.309