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Hard drive shows no space but I have not installed anything yet.


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Amit Rathore
2016/11/05 16:37
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Want to see correct remaining volume. i5 processor.
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Answered by
Lokesh Yadav
2016/11/07 15:26
Hi Amit,

If your hard drive shows less volume than what it actually has, you can try the below fixes to resolve this issue:

Fix 1: Perform Disk Cleanup
One of the easiest ways to clean up files you no longer need is by using Disk Cleanup. Follow the below steps to do so:
  1. Open Disk Cleanup by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Disk Cleanup, and then, in the list of results, select Disk Cleanup.
  2. If prompted, select the drive that you want to clean up, and then select OK.
  3. In the Disk Cleanup dialog box in the Description section, select Clean up system files.
  4. If prompted, select the drive that you want to clean up, and then select OK.
  5. In the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, select the check boxes for the file types that you want to delete, and then select OK. To remove data from a previous installation of Windows, select thePrevious Windows installation(s) check box.
  6. In the message that appears, select Delete files.
  7. Go back to Computer in File Explorer, select the drive you cleaned up, and then select Refresh.

Fix 2: Unhide Hidden and System Files
The Windows Explorer display above was using the default settings which do not display files marked as "hidden" or "system", and as a result they are not included in the calculation.

Most notably that included the system swap file and hibernation file, both of which are large, and marked as hidden.
To change the settings, you can follow the steps below:
  • Go to Windows Explorer, and then:
  • Click on the Tools menu
  • Click on the Folder Options... menu item
  • Click on the View tab
  • In the Advanced Settings list, scroll down until you see both Hidden files and folders, and Hide protected operating system files.Image result for In the Advanced Settings list, scroll down until you see both Hidden files and folders, and Hide protected operating system files.
  • Now delete any hidden images, files that are not necessary for you.
I hope this helps in maximizing your disk space upto its full volume.

Regards,
Lokesh


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2016/11/07 00:35

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Hi Amit,

Thank you for posting your concern's here.

If you have just reformatted your computer and you are referring to your secondary partition which commonly is your Local Disk D:, you should reformat it first before you could see the exact size of that specific disk.

If the solution above doesn't apply to the problem at hand, please send me a little more details about the issue so I could further assist you.

Screenshots of the issue would also be helpful.

Hoping to hear from you.

Sincerely,

Christian
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