Reset My PC, Now I have no hard drive space.

[JakeStuckAtHome]

I reset my PC recently. Using the options in the windows 10 menu, only keeping my personal files and it worked successfully. However, afterwards I now only have 31 GB remaining on my hardrive out of 1TB, which was the amount of storage I had before the reset. Only problem is all of my downloaded items are now gone and I'm unable to download just about anything now. How do I allocate the rest of my harddrive space etc? thank you so much for any replies.

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, @JakeStuckAtHome!

I'd strongly recommend you go to your Disk management in Windows and check how the hard drive is listed there. Posting a screenshot would be really helpful, too. I suspect that the Windows Reset most probably filled the HDD due to the fact that it's still storing the old Windows folder somewhere on your system drive, and usually, this folder is massive! I'd recommend you use the Windows' feature Clean Up Disk. It will help you get rid of all the old redundant files & Windows Install.

Hope it helps you. Keep me posted with the troubleshooting!
SuperSoph_WD

 

[JakeStuckAtHome]

Hey there, @JakeStuckAtHome!

I'd strongly recommend you go to your Disk management in Windows and check how the hard drive is listed there. Posting a screenshot would be really helpful, too. I suspect that the Windows Reset most probably filled the HDD due to the fact that it's still storing the old Windows folder somewhere on your system drive, and usually, this folder is massive! I'd recommend you use the Windows' feature Clean Up Disk. It will help you get rid of all the old redundant files & Windows Install.

Hope it helps you. Keep me posted with the troubleshooting!
SuperSoph_WD

I tried using the Windows Disk Cleanup but it is only telling me 2.7 GB can be removed. The windows.old file doesn't appear in it and I have no clue how to delete it. It's taking up 900GB lol. That one folder. That's my issue right now. I just have no idea how to delete it.

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there again, @Jake!

If you are able to see the folder, you should be able to delete it as well. You can take a look inside and check if you have any important personal files (pics, music, etc.), that you wish to copy onto the drive before completely erasing the folder. You should keep in mind that deleting it will erase its contents, including old personal data. I hope you have a back up of it somewhere offsite, though.

In Windows Disk Cleanup, that folder should be visible, however, you need to make sure that you have selected it from the list of files/folders that are unnecessary and fill your storage capacity.

Posting some screenshots from there and Disk Management would be really helpful, @Jake.

Let me know how it goes.
SuperSoph_WD