[SOLVED] Disk full error

[Dheeraj_kirdanti]

Even though I have space, when I try to copy files, the disk is showing the error that it's full.
I have 90gb of free space on my local disk D... When I'm trying to copy a 55gb file from Local Disk E, After sometime there comes an error saying that the Disk D is full.
How to get this done right?

My laptop specs are :
Laptop : ASUS A15 TUF GAMING
Processor : Ryzen 7 4800H
RAM : 8gb Single
Video Card : Nvidia RTX 3050 Laptop GPU

Thanks.

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include disk drive information: installed disks, make/model, capacity, how full?

How is the copy being attempted?

Open the Disk Management window and expand so that all can be seen and read.

Take a screenshot of the Disk Management Window and post the screenshot here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

 

[Dheeraj_kirdanti]

I'm trying to copy files from Disk E to Disk D. It was taking up double the space than the file.
Mine was 512 GB SSD. Sorry for I'm a noob. Don't know much about them. I just copied using the windows one but was thinking of using teracopy. I don't know if it works though
Here's the Disk Management window :

https://imgur.com/a/EFvR4EW

View: https://imgur.com/a/EFvR4EW

 

[DSzymborski]

You don't have 90 GB of free space on your D: partition, you have 51 GB of free space.

Honestly, this drive is a freaking mess. I'd be inclined to factory reset this PC. It's such a mess of partitions that I wouldn't be comfortable even touching it unless the plan was to wipe it.

 

[Dheeraj_kirdanti]

You don't have 90 GB of free space on your D: partition, you have 51 GB of free space.

Honestly, this drive is a freaking mess. I'd be inclined to factory reset this PC. It's such a mess of partitions that I wouldn't be comfortable even touching it unless the plan was to wipe it.

It was.... before I moved some files into that disk. Moved some 20 GB files to it when it was 90 Gb of free space. But now it's showing 51 gb taking up double the copied files.

I could wipe out The C disk as it contains the OS. and reset and freshly install the drivers. But will the data on other disks be safe?

 

[faalin]

What you need to do is get an external drive and back up and important data that you have to it. Then wipe the entire drive so you have on big C:\ drive and leave it be.

C:\ 105GB
D:\ 97.6GB
E:\ 202.16GB
unallocated 49.20GB

You have basically split a 512GB drive into 4 different partitions and locked yourself into sizes that are not manageable. The 49GB unallocated could be attached to the 202GB E:\ drive, and with advanced tools moved to be able to attach to the C or D drives.

Your best solution would be to wipe the entire 512GB drive, install windows and then make two folders and move your D and E drives into them from external storage.

 

[DSzymborski]

It was.... before I moved some files into that disk. Moved some 20 GB files to it when it was 90 Gb of free space. But now it's showing 51 gb taking up double the copied files.

It's hard to diagnose a problem when you make changes so that we cannot possibly see the problem.

I could wipe out The C disk as it contains the OS. and reset and freshly install the drivers. But will the data on other disks be safe?

It already should be because important data should be properly backed up at all times. This is a basic part of PC ownership. If wiping the entire drive causes you to lose data permanently, this is a far bigger problem than being unable to move a file and you need to take care of it immediately.

The only good way to unwind a mess is to clean the entire drive out.

 

[Dheeraj_kirdanti]

What you need to do is get an external drive and back up and important data that you have to it. Then wipe the entire drive so you have on big C:\ drive and leave it be.

C:\ 105GB
D:\ 97.6GB
E:\ 202.16GB
unallocated 49.20GB

You have basically split a 512GB drive into 4 different partitions and locked yourself into sizes that are not manageable. The 49GB unallocated could be attached to the 202GB E:\ drive, and with advanced tools moved to be able to attach to the C or D drives.

Your best solution would be to wipe the entire 512GB drive, install windows and then make two folders and move your D and E drives into them from external storage.

Think It's my bad luck. My External HDD fell down just a week back. I'll just wipe out the C drive and install a new OS for now. That unallocated space was kept for emergency purposes. I did the wrong thing by not allocating more space for C drive.
Anyway, Thanks to you both.

 

[DSzymborski]

Think It's my bad luck. My External HDD fell down just a week back. I'll just wipe out the C drive and install a new OS for now. That unallocated space was kept for emergency purposes. I did the wrong thing by not allocating more space for C drive.
Anyway, Thanks to you both.

That's a bit like finding roaches and only cleaning where you saw the roaches and leaving the rest of the room dirty. It's lazy and tries to push the problem to another day without dealing with any of the fundamental problems.

But if that's what you want to do, good luck to you.

 

[Dheeraj_kirdanti]

That's a bit like finding roaches and only cleaning where you saw the roaches and leaving the rest of the room dirty. It's lazy and tries to push the problem to another day without dealing with any of the fundamental problems.

But if that's what you want to do, good luck to you.

UPDATE : changing just the OS didn't solve the problem. Wiped everything from the C Drive but the 'Doubling' problem still exists. Will it work if i buy a new internal SSD and shift the files to it and Wipe out all those files in old one?