Unaccounted for Dell Laptop Hard Drive space on C: drive SSD

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  1. Posts : 9
    Windows 10 Home
       #1

    Unaccounted for Dell Laptop Hard Drive space on C: drive SSD


    I have a Dell Inspiron 3793 running Windows 10 Home version 1909. The C drive is a 256GB SSD, and I am noticing a bunch of unaccounted for hard drive space (see pictures below). Drive properties show 163GB used, but when I select all the files they only total to 94GB (69GB unaccounted for). If you look on the WinDirStat listing below, there is a 32GB file labelled "<Unknown>". What is going on? What can I do to free up the space?


    Unaccounted for Dell Laptop Hard Drive space on C: drive SSD-c-drive-stats.jpgUnaccounted for Dell Laptop Hard Drive space on C: drive SSD-windirstatcdrive.jpg
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  2. Posts : 16,946
    Windows 10 Home x64 Version 22H2 Build 19045.4170
       #2

    Once C:\Windows & its subfolders are involved, File explorer is useless at providing sizing data.

    Your WinDirStat is probably better.

    I use JamSoftware's Treesize [free]. This is definitely better than File explorer in this respect.
    - Perhaps Treesize will also shed more light on that Unknown entry you had in WinDirStat?

    Denis
    Last edited by Try3; 27 Sep 2020 at 19:30.
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  3. Posts : 41,472
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #3

    1) In the left lower corner search type: storage > click storage settings > click free up space now > check all boxes > click remove files

    2) In the left lower corner search type: clean > click disk cleanup > check all boxes > click clean up system files > click ok > click delete files

    3) As Try3 commented > post images using treesize

    4) This is a tutorial to free up space:
    Free Up Drive Space in Windows 10
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  4. Posts : 9
    Windows 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #4

    I did disk cleanup, reclaimed 4GB; here is TreeSize listing


    I did the drive properties disk cleanup along with cleaning up system files. Here is TreeSize listing:

    Unaccounted for Dell Laptop Hard Drive space on C: drive SSD-treesizefree-sep-27.jpg
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  5. Posts : 31,644
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
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    amorphous999 said:
    I did the drive properties disk cleanup along with cleaning up system files. Here is TreeSize listing....
    You need to expand the tree for your Windows folder, it shouldn't be as large as the 39GB TreeSize shows yours to be. Typically after cleaning up system files I'd expect it to be less than 20GB, as mine is....

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  6. Posts : 41,472
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #6

    powercfg -h off


    powercfg -h on


    1) Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
    2) sfc /scannow
    3) dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth
    4) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth
    5) dism /online /cleanup-Image /startcomponentcleanup
    6) sfc /scannow
    7) chkdsk /scan
    8) wmic recoveros set autoreboot = false
    9) wmic recoveros set DebugInfoType = 7
    10) wmic recoveros get autoreboot
    11) wmic recoveros get DebugInfoType
    12) bcdedit /enum {badmemory}
    13) powercfg -h off
    14) wmic pagefile list /format:list
    15) wmic Computersystem where name="%computername%" get AutomaticManagedPagefile

    16) When these have completed > right click on the top bar or title bar of the administrative command prompt box > left click on edit then select all > right click on the top bar again > left click on edit then copy > paste into the thread

    17) Reboot

    17) Open administrative command prompt and type or copy and paste:
    powercfg -h on
    shutdown /r

    18) In the left lower corner search type: system or system control > open system control panel > on the left pane click advanced system settings

    a) > on the advanced tab under startup and recovery > click settings > post an image of the startup and recovery window into the thread

    b) > on the advanced tab under performance > click on settings > on the performance options window > click on the advanced tab > under virtual memory > click on change > post an image of the virtual memory window into the thread
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  7. Posts : 9
    Windows 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #7

    TreeSize with Windows folder expanded


    Unaccounted for Dell Laptop Hard Drive space on C: drive SSD-treesizefree-sep-27a.jpg
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  8. Posts : 41,472
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #8

    The computer generated livekernelreports.

    Please run V2 > upload results directly into this thread:
    BSOD - Posting Instructions
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  9. Posts : 9
    Windows 10 Home
    Thread Starter
       #9

    V2 Results (.zip attachment)


    Sorry, had to look up folder access in Windows Defender.
    .zip results attached. Thanks for your help.
    Unaccounted for Dell Laptop Hard Drive space on C: drive SSD Attached Files
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  10. Posts : 41,472
    windows 10 professional version 1607 build 14393.969 64 bit
       #10

    Delete: C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\PoW32kWatchdog-20200611-0800.dmp


    Code:
    LastWriteTime        Size (MB) FullName                                                        
    -------------        --------- --------                                                        
    6/11/2020 8:00:28 AM   3052.76 C:\Windows\LiveKernelReports\PoW32kWatchdog-20200611-0800.dmp


    Code:
    ------------------------
    Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
    ------------------------
          Drive: C:
     Free Space: 75.0 GB
    Total Space: 226.1 GB
    File System: NTFS
          Model: KBG40ZNS256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB
    
          Drive: D:
     Free Space: 1171.5 GB
    Total Space: 1907.6 GB
    File System: NTFS
          Model: WDC WD20SPZX-75UA7T1
    
          Drive: F:
     Free Space: 1560.4 GB
    Total Space: 1907.5 GB
    File System: exFAT
          Model: Seagate BUP Ultra Touch SCSI Disk Device
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