[SOLVED] Why does my SSD seem to show more space than I actually have?

[xuezzi]

I am using an MSI laptop with a 256GB SSD (SAMSUNG MZVLW256HEHP-00000). Just factory reset last night and had 200GB of free space on SSD. Went to try and install Modern Warfare, which is a recommended 175GB free hard drive space, and some how ran out of room. I don't know if it is just that the game is larger than 175GB or if there is something wrong with my SSD. Any help would be great as for whatever reason my HDD sucks at running games.

 

[tennis2]

You might try typing "Disk Cleanup" in the search bar next to the windows icon (bottom left). Then click "clean up system files". Oftentimes, you can free up quite a lot of space by cleaning up Windows Update temp files junk.

I think it's insane that the installer wants 175GB free to play around with when the actual game size is around 60GB.

 

[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.

 

[xuezzi]

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.

WizTree
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMNmhzPHyUynbOKiV38KpBA4uO5lToXg9ZZUpuJ

Disk Management
https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_/photo/AF1QipPudSLcJ1IJmtcObzW6fQqK1DQoKltqTvuXvpmz

 

[USAFRet]

WizTree
https://photos.google.com/photo/AF1QipMNmhzPHyUynbOKiV38KpBA4uO5lToXg9ZZUpuJ

Disk Management
https://photos.google.com/search/_tra_/photo/AF1QipPudSLcJ1IJmtcObzW6fQqK1DQoKltqTvuXvpmz

Cannot access. Requires logging in to google.

Upload to imgur.com instead.

 

[xuezzi]

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Upload to imgur.com instead.

https://imgur.com/a/Ct5q39d

View: https://imgur.com/a/Ct5q39d

 

[USAFRet]

Nothing appears to be wrong wit the drive.
Looks like about 40GB consumed space.
Which, if the game wants 175GB free space to install...is right on the edge of what you have.

 

[xuezzi]

Nothing appears to be wrong wit the drive.
Looks like about 40GB consumed space.
Which, if the game wants 175GB free space to install...is right on the edge of what you have.

Strange. I'll try again I guess.

 

[tennis2]

Try my advice

 

[xuezzi]

Try my advice

Sure lets hear it, the game still didn't fit. I think whats happening is the game installation is reserving space for updates, like most games do, but its just such a big game.

 

[tennis2]

I was the first person to respond to this thread. My advice is already given above on how to free up an additional ~10GB of space to allow the installer to run.