More than 25 gigs missing !?

[mato200]

Ok.

My C: partition is 97 GB large. Every file combined in it takes up 42 GB. But it says there is only 29 GB left , WTF ?

I should have at least 25 more GB left . I know windows has some hidden files for protection and other crap but that doesnt take more than 25 gigs.

 

As you can see :

 

 

 

[Vengeance_K1ng]

Seems about right? My 2 tb shows up as 1.8tb in windows after being formatted.

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, Vengeance_K1ng said:

Seems about right? My 2 tb shows up as 1.8tb in windows after being formatted.

Because windows is formatted in GiB not GB.

Thats note worthy.

[mariushm]

There are several hidden and system files in the root of your C: drive, like the page file or hybernation file (if you have sleep enabled on your computer).

 

If you want to see exactly what uses space on your drive, use a tool like WinDirStat : https://windirstat.info/

[Oshino Shinobu]

5 minutes ago, Vengeance_K1ng said:

Seems about right? My 2 tb shows up as 1.8tb in windows after being formatted.

That's because of a difference in binary and decimal units. OP's issue is not the same. 

 

@mato200 It's most likely set to hide the protected OS files, which is why they don't show up when calculating folder sizes. 

 

You can disable the hiding of these files, but I'd advise against it. Use something like Windirstat to view capacity usage instead.

[failblox]

3 minutes ago, Ronnie76 said:

Because windows is formatted in GiB not GB.

Thats note worthy.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I remember, 1GiB = 1000MB and 1GB = 1024MB

 

Edit: I mixed it up - 1GiB = 1024MB and 1GB = 1000MB

[Oshino Shinobu]

8 minutes ago, failblox said:

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I remember, 1GiB = 1000MB and 1GB = 1024MB

 

Edit: I mixed it up - 1GiB = 1024MB and 1GB = 1000MB

Your edit is correct. 

 

GiB (Gibibyte) is the Binary unit, which uses Base 2. GB (Gigabyte) is the decimal unit, working in Base 10. 

 

EDIT: Actually, your edit is incorrect. 1GiB = 1024MiB. In Megabytes, 1GiB is equal to 1074MB (rounded). @failblox

[Guest]

3 minutes ago, failblox said:

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I remember, 1GiB = 1000MB and 1GB = 1024MB

Add those up and those 24MB will make a difference.

ex) 2TB = 1.8TiB so thats a almost 200GB difference.