After Windows 10 reset, HDD already has 500gb filled up.

[MoreFoam]

My computer has been acting up, so I decided to do a reset. My hard drive is 1TB (931 GB available) and after the reset it only has 431/931 GB available. I don't think windows OS takes up 500GB, so what is using up all this space?

 

[jankerson]

Look at the temp files, delete the temp files.

 

[MoreFoam]

Look at the temp files, delete the temp files.

The temp files are a whopping 888 KB... That's not going to free up 500 GB 🙁

 

[MoreFoam]

SOLUTION: Windows creates a hidden folder called "$SysReset" in your C: drive, which contains everything you wanted to get rid of during the reset 🙂

Not sure why Microsoft does this, since a sane person will back up their data before doing a reset.

 

[jankerson]

Yeah, that's what I was getting at.

It shows up in Storage in settings.