Deleted file still taking up space

[catzambia]

Hey guys, so I had downloaded 50gb or so of a game onto my hard drive, and then I put this hdd into another pc and deleted the files on that pc's windows install. The 50gb are still taking up space, and I can't find the goddamn files anywhere and I'm about to flip my shit. Somebody please help.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Empty your recycling bin.

[catzambia]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

Empty your recycling bin.

I'm not stupid. I've done that, the files are nowhere to be found.

[Mira Yurizaki]

Use WinDirStat or something and see where your mystery files got moved to.

[The Sloth]

run something like CC cleaner, look to see if you deleted your windows 7,8, 10 file if you upgraded to windows 10. 

[LabRat]

revo uninstaller pro might help.

[mariushm]

The files may be stored under a different user name - the one that was logged in on that other machine.

So when you're searching for files now, the search application may not be able to go inside the folder belonging to that user so it may not list the folder hiding in the recycle bin or another place.

Use a software like WinDirStat but make sure you run it as Administrator, right click and select the option or press Ctrl+Shift+Enter on the executable. 

 

Administrator accounts are usually allowed to scan/list/browse contents of folders created by any user.