This would apply perfectly well if computers worked with powers of 10 (as we do ourselves). The SI (International System of Units) standard definition of a Terabyte is 10 12 and so (not unreasonably) you would expect a 1TB drive to hold: When advertising their hard drives, manufacturers use a different method of defining how much storage space is on the drive to the actual method used by your computer when it uses that space.
The reason is fairly straight forward (if rather odd). This apparently reduced size is both normal and will apply regardless of which brand of hard drive you buy, which computer you install it in and which operating system you use. If you have any other ideas or suggestions, leave a comment below.The good news is that there is nothing wrong with either your hard drive or your computer. Use the slider next to Max Usage to change the amount of drive space allocated. Windows still, by default, uses 100% of your drive space as potential space for Restore Points. You can enable or disable System Restore and even decide the percentage of space set aside. Click on Continue, and all Restore Points will be deleted. Highlight your main drive, usually (C:)(System) and click on Configure.Ĭlick on Delete near the lower right, and a warning will appear that you're about to delete all restore points. You are now in the System Protection tab of System Properties, or follow along with the video: Press the Windows Key + R and type in SystemPropertiesProtection followed by the enter key. If you can't use error checking, you could run CHKDSK from the Command-Prompt.Ĥ: Delete System Restore Points and Limit Space Reserved If Windows reports any errors, back up your important files immediately.
Hard drives fail more than any other component of a computer, so open File Explorer, click on the Tools tab and click on Check under Error Checking. CCleaner also has a Disk Analyzer in the Tools section that can see where your space has gone.
Of course, if you want to use a third-party drive cleaner, then CCleaner is a good option. We recommend you use Storage Sense on Windows 10. If you haven't cleaned junk files in a while, we've seen lots of wasted space on some computers. We'd suggest SpaceSniffer or MeinPlatz because most other options are neither portable nor entirely free. We want to use a portable app as you'll probably only need the app one time. Your best bet is to use a third-party app. A previous Windows installation comes to mind (windows.old). There are many situations where you could have a large file or folder using up space that you're unaware of.
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