[SOLVED] hard drive does not have the space it should have

[Mr.snobdam]

i built a gaming pc just a month ago with a hard drive of 2 tb in it and and 256gb ssd i put all my games on my ssd until it was full. i wanted to put things on my harddrive but my system says there is only 1,8 gb of space on it. is there someone wo can solve this problem?
it is a toshiba 2 tb bulk harddrive.

 

[USAFRet]

A "2TB" drive will read as 1.81TB in WIndows. This is normal and to be expected. There is no "problem".

It is simply a difference in units and how things are counted.
Base10 vs Base 2
Human vs Computer.
Gigabyte vs gibibyte.

There is no space missing. ALL drives are like this.

https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/gibibyte-GiB

Byte - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://wintelguy.com/gb2gib.html

 

[Mr.snobdam]

A "2TB" drive will read as 1.81TB in WIndows. This is normal and to be expected. There is no "problem".

It is simply a difference in units and how things are counted.
Base10 vs Base 2
Human vs Computer.
Gigabyte vs gibibyte.

There is no space missing. ALL drives are like this.

https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/definition/gibibyte-GiB

Byte - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

https://wintelguy.com/gb2gib.html

but why can't i put games on it
everytime it says that i dont have enough space

 

[Kracken2342]

but why can't i put games on it
everytime it says that i dont have enough space

have you allocated the drive yet?

 

[Mr.snobdam]

have you allocated the drive yet?

Sorry im not realy good at this things what do you mean exactly?

 

[USAFRet]

but why can't i put games on it
everytime it says that i dont have enough space

Please show us a screencap of your Disk Management window.

 

[Kracken2342]

Sorry im not realy good at this things what do you mean exactly?

Go to disk management through your control panel, then see if your drive is allocated.

 

[geofelt]

It was probably a mistake to fill up your windows C drive ssd.
When a ssd approaches 90% full, it will lose performance and endurance.
Even installing apps on a separate HDD will require entries to the C drive.

 

[Mr.snobdam]

Go to disk management through your control panel, then see if your drive is allocated.

it is allocated

 

[Mr.snobdam]

in the disk management i saw that there was and harddrive with 1,81 tb but i dont know how to put games on it and why there is an other drive with 2gb that i dont know about.

 

[USAFRet]

in the disk management i saw that there was and harddrive with 1,81 tb but i dont know how to put games on it and why there is an other drive with 2gb that i dont know about.

Please show us your Disk Management window.

 

[Mr.snobdam]

how do i post an image on this site?

 

[USAFRet]

how do i post an image on this site?

Upload your pic to imgur.com, and post the BBCode link here.

 

[Mr.snobdam]

https://imgur.com/a/dbl1OZq

View: https://imgur.com/a/dbl1OZq

 

[Mr.snobdam]

https://imgur.com/a/dbl1OZq

View: https://imgur.com/a/dbl1OZq

https://imgur.com/m48G2fD

View: https://imgur.com/m48G2fD

 

[USAFRet]

OK...1.97GB
That is a major issue.