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Lost Hard Drive Space
DirtPoorGuy
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I had a spare 160gb hard drive and fitted it into a external drive caddy, after formatting it it has gone down to 74.5gb capacity, has anyone and ideas what is wrong?, I have scanned the drive for errors and nothing has show up.
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Either it was actually an 80GB drive, or it is partitioned. Suggest you double checkFriendly greeting!0
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It was definately a 160gb drive and it isn't partitioned.0
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what software are you using?Friendly greeting!0
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Which version Windows are you using , right click on My Computer, Select Manage, then check with Storage/disk management4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy0
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If what Mr Mayhem suggests shows that you have about 149 GB in your single partition, then run TreeSize Free to show what's actually taking the space.
You might also want to think about running CHKDSK x: /F0 -
Thanks everyone for the advice, but the drive now appears to have failed, the disparity in file size was probably a warning sign.0
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