[SOLVED] My SSD is losing space for no reason

[RaFEECRAFT]

i noticed that my SSD has lost some space ... i have only one drive and its C all the files in it are 259 Gigs but when i open the Drive properties its says that i have used 283 Gigs where did that 24 Gigs go to ?

 

[USAFRet]

i noticed that my SSD has lost some space ... i have only one drive and its C all the files in it are 259 Gigs but when i open the Drive properties its says that i have used 283 Gigs where did that 24 Gigs go to ?

Ignore "Drive Properties" Not nearly good enough.

This is easily hibernation or pagefile, temp files, etc, etc.

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.

 

[hotaru.hino]

i noticed that my SSD has lost some space ... i have only one drive and its C all the files in it are 259 Gigs but when i open the Drive properties its says that i have used 283 Gigs where did that 24 Gigs go to ?

If you did something like select all the folders, right clicked on it, and selected "Properties", then it won't give you the bigger picture. There are hidden system files (like the page file or hibernate file) that it won't pick up on.

 

[RaFEECRAFT]

Ignore "Drive Properties" Not nearly good enough.

This is easily hibernation or pagefile, temp files, etc, etc.

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.

the WizTree Pic (https://ibb.co/KxMb5KB)
what do you mean by the disk management window?

 

[RaFEECRAFT]

If you did something like select all the folders, right clicked on it, and selected "Properties", then it won't give you the bigger picture. There are hidden system files (like the page file or hibernate file) that it won't pick up on.

i did reveal the hidden files and then did what you said (select all and then properties)
and they are all about 259 Gigs

 

[hotaru.hino]

i did reveal the hidden files and then did what you said (select all and then properties)
and they are all about 259 Gigs

The files I mentioned will not be revealed by that option.

EDIT: There's another option for showing these you can disable called "Hide protected operating system files"

 

[USAFRet]

I see 13GB is .sys.
Pagefile or hibernation

Another 13.9 with no extension.

WizTree calls it 283GB used.
What you see in File Explorer is not everything in there.

I see no problem here.

 

[RaFEECRAFT]

If you did something like select all the folders, right clicked on it, and selected "Properties", then it won't give you the bigger picture. There are hidden system files (like the page file or hibernate file) that it won't pick up on.

i saw that there is a hibernate file and a page file just like u said .. should i delete them

 

[USAFRet]

i saw that there is a hibernate file and a page file just like u said .. should i delete them

NO.

Do NOT delete the pagefile, leave it alone completely

Hibernation, you can turn it OFF, but it needs to be done properly.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/be9adcf4-1f4e-f68a-528b-d09670baedb6

 

[Rokinamerica]

^^^ there is the correct way.
If you do not use hibernation you can gain about 8GB by turning it off if you are at all comfortable typing in the command prompt and run it as admin. You may not want to mess with page file as some programs may get wonky without a page file. You can adjust the amount however.

 

[hotaru.hino]

should i delete those files ?

If you really need the space, you can disable hibernate as mentioned. However, do not disable/remove/etc the page file.

 

[RaFEECRAFT]

ok will do so ... thanks every one appreciate it