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Local disk E almost full but.....no file in it !

Anonymous
2018-05-03T00:00:05+00:00

Local disk E has 36.4MB free of 449MB but there is absolutely no files in it .

How can I make some space on this drive 

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-05-03T00:11:22+00:00

    Hi stephanSLM,

    This is most likely a system partition with hidden files, which probably is why it's populated but you can't see the data on it. I recommend you remove the mapping.

    You will need to remove the drive letter and mount point in DiskPart in order to do this.

    Hit Windows key + R together to go into Run. Type in the following: diskpart

    Enter the following in the new DiskPart window.

    list volume

    select volume E

    remove letter E

    I hope this helps. Please do let me know if this fixes it.

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  2. Anonymous
    2018-05-03T00:19:04+00:00

    Local disk E disappeared, I don't know if it is a good thing.

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  3. Anonymous
    2018-05-03T00:23:10+00:00

    stéphanSLM,

    No worries, the volume still exists, it's just that it might throw out notifications claiming that it's running out of disk space which is largely an issue with this new update, when it was meant to be hidden in the first place. It serves no useful benefit while Windows is working, but it would later down the line.

    If you want to reassign it a letter, however, go back into diskpart and perform the following:

    list volume

    ...Find the volume that you want.

    select volume VOLNUMBERHERE

    VOLNUMBERHERE is the volume you want to assign a letter to.

    assign letter F

    F is the volume letter you would give it.

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  4. Anonymous
    2018-05-03T00:06:11+00:00

    Hi stéphanSLM, sorry to hear that.

    I recommend you to clean the disk with Windirstat, google it and let me know if it helps.

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  5. Anonymous
    2018-05-03T04:03:29+00:00

    Type in your search bar "CMD", right clikc and open as an administrator the command prompt and then copy/paste this:

    sfc / scannow

    Type the drive letter and let me know if it helps.

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