[SOLVED] Unseen storage

[Mercian]

Hi. I have a 250gb ssd as my main drive. It is tellig me I have only 445 mb free but I have used only 40gb including hidden files. This is the second time this has happened in a month. Lat time I move games to a second drive but it is happening again. The last time I checked a few days ago I had over 100gb free and have added nothing since then.
Can someone tell me what is going on?
Thanks

 

[USAFRet]

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.

 

[Mercian]

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.

Ok. I have done that but am unsure how to post a screen shot. The problem seems to be in Windows apps. There are 3 folders listed microsoft sunrise basegame with 79, 73 and abd 46 gb in them.

 

[USAFRet]

Ok. I have done that but am unsure how to post a screen shot. The problem seems to be in Windows apps. There are 3 folders listed microsoft sunrise basegame with 79, 73 and abd 46 gb in them.

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

 

[Mercian]

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

There a a lot of files called geochunk.minizip taking a lot of space/

https://imgur.com/a/HWbwiyV

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

 

[Mercian]

There a a lot of files called geochunk.minizip taking a lot of space/

https://imgur.com/a/HWbwiyV

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

Could it have anything to do with media files on FIFA 21?

 

[USAFRet]

OK, and where might that have come from?
Any idea?

But basically, that tool will help you locate what is sucking up your space.

In the bottom section with all the colored squares, single click on one.
At the very bottom left, it will give you the specific path of where that file is.

 

[USAFRet]

Could it have anything to do with media files on FIFA 21?

Could very well be.

 

[Mercian]

Could very well be.

Nothing happens and when i try to clean it says I need permission from system

 

[USAFRet]

Post a screencap of the whole WinDirStat window.

 

[Mercian]

Post a screencap of the whole WinDirStat window.

I sorted it. It was left over files from when I had Forza 4 stored on my PC. I have just freed up a huge 176 gb. It seems to have worked. Many thanks for your imput and the program link

 

[mamasan2000]

Yup, Sunrisebasegame is what the Forza Horizon 4 folder is named. Makes no sense to me. At least that's the name if you bought it from the Windows Store. Not sure on Steam version.