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Saltheart · 06-17-2011, 07:29 PM

Ok I downloaded and ran WinDirStat. It says only 47 Gb used on OSD which is in the ballpark of what I think is about right. Thats about 90 Gb less than when I right click the drive and left click properties. On the other drive which should be almost empty , it shows only like 9 Gb.

Now this windirstat program agrees with what I think should be on these drives. Why does windows properties say each has almost 100 Gb more? Is all that extra space used up in the formatting? They are both 1 T drives. Do you lose 100 Gb formating these newer 1 T drives?

Very weird.

06-17-2011, 07:29 PM	#13
Saltheart Registered User iTrader: (1) Join Date: May 2000 Location: Cumberland,RI Posts: 8,555	Ok I downloaded and ran WinDirStat. It says only 47 Gb used on OSD which is in the ballpark of what I think is about right. Thats about 90 Gb less than when I right click the drive and left click properties. On the other drive which should be almost empty , it shows only like 9 Gb. Now this windirstat program agrees with what I think should be on these drives. Why does windows properties say each has almost 100 Gb more? Is all that extra space used up in the formatting? They are both 1 T drives. Do you lose 100 Gb formating these newer 1 T drives? Very weird.
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