[SOLVED] My PC is saying that I have 500 GB in apps and features but when I look in it there the files dont add up to 500 GB

Apr 25, 2020
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I have a 1 TB Hard drive and I was looking through my storage and it said I had 500 GB in it, but when I looked thorugh it didnt add up to 500 GB and I cant seem to find what is taking up so much space. PLEASE HELP
 
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I have a 1 TB Hard drive and I was looking through my storage and it said I had 500 GB in it, but when I looked thorugh it didnt add up to 500 GB and I cant seem to find what is taking up so much space. PLEASE HELP

Looked where? There is a LOT of stuff you're missing.


Install and run either WinDirStat, or WizTree.

Run as Administrator, selecting only the drive in question.
Post a screencap here.

Also, a screencap of your Disk Management window.
I have a 1 TB Hard drive and I was looking through my storage and it said I had 500 GB in it, but when I looked thorugh it didnt add up to 500 GB and I cant seem to find what is taking up so much space. PLEASE HELP

Looked where? There is a LOT of stuff you're missing.


Install and run either WinDirStat, or WizTree.

Run as Administrator, selecting only the drive in question.
Post a screencap here.

Also, a screencap of your Disk Management window.
 
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