My hard drive says it has 0 bytes free and displays no storage bar to tell if it is full!

[LumpyMushroom]

I tried to download something on my E Drive but it said the drive was full, checked and lo and behold, the drive was acting funky with no storage bar and zero bytes free, What the heck happened?!

 

[thor220]

CTRL + R -> Type "compmgmt.msc" and hit enter -> Double click "storage" -> Double click "Disk Management"

Give us a screenshot of that so we can see what's going on.

 

[LumpyMushroom]

CTRL + R -> Type "compmgmt.msc" and hit enter -> Double click "storage" -> Double click "Disk Management"

Give us a screenshot of that so we can see what's going on.

Here you go!

 

[shivababbli]

do you have files or folders in that drive
just check by renaming the drive letter

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there LumpyMushroom,

It is highly possible that there is some physical issue with your drive. You need to go to BIOS and see how is the drive recognized over there. If it shows as 74.43 GB, I would say that this may be the case.
If it shows as its full capacity, it may be a good idea to attach it to another system and see how it appears over there.
In case the drive is still under warranty, you can contact the manufacturer.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[thor220]

Hi there LumpyMushroom,

It is highly possible that there is some physical issue with your drive. You need to go to BIOS and see how is the drive recognized over there. If it shows as 74.43 GB, I would say that this may be the case.
If it shows as its full capacity, it may be a good idea to attach it to another system and see how it appears over there.
In case the drive is still under warranty, you can contact the manufacturer.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

I'm going to agree with this assertation but am going to expand on it. That drive, in total, is 75 GBs large. I can't even remember the last time I even saw one that small and it must be quite old. Chance are high that something goes wrong with a drive like that.

As D_Know_WD said, checking it in the bios and running it in another computer are two ways to determine it's statues. In addition to that, running check disk might also fix the issue.

http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/how-to-scan-fix-hard-drives-with-chkdsk-in-windows-8/

 

[LumpyMushroom]

Hi there LumpyMushroom,

It is highly possible that there is some physical issue with your drive. You need to go to BIOS and see how is the drive recognized over there. If it shows as 74.43 GB, I would say that this may be the case.
If it shows as its full capacity, it may be a good idea to attach it to another system and see how it appears over there.
In case the drive is still under warranty, you can contact the manufacturer.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

I'm going to agree with this assertation but am going to expand on it. That drive, in total, is 75 GBs large. I can't even remember the last time I even saw one that small and it must be quite old. Chance are high that something goes wrong with a drive like that.

As D_Know_WD said, checking it in the bios and running it in another computer are two ways to determine it's statues. In addition to that, running check disk might also fix the issue.

http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/how-to-scan-fix-hard-drives-with-chkdsk-in-windows-8/

Thanks! Although your Link wasn't a direct solution, it was a vital part of the process that revealed the problem!

I figured out that a Nintendo 64 emulator "Project 64" for some strange reason was taking a HUGE chunk of my HDD Space Check it out! And yes I'm more than likely uninstall and re-installing to see if that fixes the problem, Thanks everyone for your responses (very quick). You may now close this thread!

 

[thor220]

Glad you fixed the issue!