Unaccessible Space?

[NoctHorn]

I have recently been using SpaceSniffer to clean up my SSD (which has ~15GB of free space left).  Scanning the drive, I found that a lot of space is  unaccessible.  Nearly 30GB. (It's a big deal on a 120GB SSD)  Is this normal to find?

 

Here is a screenshot for reference:

 

 

Also, could you do me a favor and see if anything else is taking up an abnormal amount of space?

[ESPclipse]

Can't say I've ever used SpaceSniffer, so I suggest making sure that you aren't just seeing 30GB of unallocated disk space and check disk health with something like Acronis Drive Monitor. I'm sure there's a pro somewhere in this forum who knows what's up, but my best guess is that the space is unallocated or being used for another partition.

[NoctHorn]

Can't say I've ever used SpaceSniffer, so I suggest making sure that you aren't just seeing 30GB of unallocated disk space and check disk health with something like Acronis Drive Monitor. I'm sure there's a pro somewhere in this forum who knows what's up, but my best guess is that the space is unallocated or being used for another partition.

Unaccessible space and unallocated space show up separately on the program.  I probably should have enabled the setting to show the free space.  I will check the drive's health now.

[ESPclipse]

Unaccessible space and unallocated space show up separately on the program.  I probably should have enabled the setting to show the free space.  I will check the drive's health now.

I've also seen cases in which this space is reserved for System Restore files, but it's hard to say if that is your issue as well. Have you tried WinDirStat? If that shows the same thing, then something is probably taking that space. Also keep in mind that "Unaccessible Space" does not necessarily mean wasted space; it could just be a load of files that SpaceSniffer does not have read-access permission to.

[Blake]

space sniffer is fine to use.

 

Open up disk management and check that the entire bar is filled for the SSD, you may need to extend the partition (assuming the space is at the 'end' of the drive the should be doable).

Depending on your RAM you might like to disable the hibernation file, as that is 6GB right there.

 

Also, make sure to run space sniffer as an administrator, I find that helps with files not being visible.

[Captain_WD]

space sniffer is fine to use.

 

Open up disk management and check that the entire bar is filled for the SSD, you may need to extend the partition (assuming the space is at the 'end' of the drive the should be doable).

Depending on your RAM you might like to disable the hibernation file, as that is 6GB right there.

 

Also, make sure to run space sniffer as an administrator, I find that helps with files not being visible.

 

Hey NoctHorn,

 

I would also suggest going to disk management and see if the drive is fully utilized. A screenshot of it would help.

Make sure you have expanded your partition all the way. Do have in mind that SSDs require 12%-15% of free space for optimized performance (caching purposes).

 

Captain_WD.

[LOST TALE]

Hi I have the same issue and the partition is fully allocated 

[LOST TALE]

It fixed itself once I deleted a blockchain (which did have space already allocated to it)