quick question about missing or unaccountable data.

[stein]

Hello, this is a small issue i came across im sure if i researched it i could probably find an answer but i was hoping someone might already know and save me some time. 

 

Alright i have a 1T drive which shows as 931GB, i have 335GB of free space left on the drive. so that means i have i used 596GB space up, however my files i have saved to the drive only show 463GB of space i can account for. so theres about 134GBs i cant account for. is there an easy solution to find and account for this missing data? 

 

the drive is a Seagate 1tb barracuda.

OS is win 7 64bit

 

 

 

[Snickerzz]

open a folder, go to organize>folder and serach options>view>check show hidden files, folders, and drives and reaccount your data

[mk005]

Linus has a video explaining this.

 

[Panda689]

Linus has a video explaining this.

Slightly different issue. He is not mixing up binary and decimal, he simply has hidden drive space as Snickerzz said.

[PeskyEscky]

Download TreeSizeFree. Run this as administrator. It will show you clearly where all your space is going. You will find the space hog in no time. Its a fantastic tool, can't recommend it enough

[colonel_mortis]

Download spacesniffer (direct download link) and set it to work. It's a really powerful graphic way to see where all your disk space has gone.

[stein]

Thanks everyone for your feedback, i got the issue resolved. I’m very sorry for not replying back sooner, i thought i would get a notification by email when someone responded to my post. sense i did not i never checked back. Thanks again for your help. i just ended up reformatting the drive, and moved the data that i needed back to it. Easy fix.