windows 10 home: copy/paste to drive D:\ fails if drive C:\ has not enough space?

Ale Madama 291 Reputation points
2022-03-14T07:16:09.783+00:00

Hi all,
a weird behavior on my win10home PC.

it mounts 2 separate drives: drive C:\ (SSD) and drive D:\ (HD)

Drive C:\ free space is only 1.34GB.
Drive D:\ free space is more than a Tera.

When I try to copy from a source (for example a pen USB drive) on D:\ (and the data copied are more than 1.34GB) the system gets me an error like "not enough space, only 1.34GB left"

But I'm copying on D:\ not on C:!

If I run a script (doing exactly the same) it works and I can copy without any problem.

Does somebody know why that error?

thanks!
Ale

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  1. Limitless Technology 39,931 Reputation points
    2022-03-16T19:01:37.13+00:00

    Hi @Ale Madama

    If C drive is your OS drive, my first suggestion is to free up the space as 1.34GB will not help you in updating the PC or even might affect your overall performance.

    Regarding the error message make sure your destination is only D drive and you are not copying it to the desktop. As you have stated that the script works for transfer of data it seems to be some sort of registers being corrupted on your PC.

    System file check is a utility built into the Operating System that will check for system file corruption. The sfc /scannow command (System File Check) scans the integrity of all protected operating system files and replaces incorrect, corrupted, changed, or damaged versions with the correct versions where possible.

    -Press the Windows key and X at the same time.
    -Choose Command Prompt (Admin) from the context menu.
    -In the command prompt, type sfc /scannow and hit Enter.
    -Exit command prompt.
    -Restart the PC and see if this helps you.

    Hope this resolves your Query!!

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