Windows server 2019 drive size not correct

Question

Hello,

I'm facing an issue with a server which has a F drive which displays that 25 GB are used but when I check on other tools like TreeSize or WinDirStat it shows that it has only 5 GB used.

I've been looking for a solution to this issue for a while and can't come up with one that really works.

Checked different things found like System Volume Information directory not having the good permissions, the $RECYCLE.BIN folder also....

I've found with WinDirStat that 20 GB are used by "unknown" files.

The problem is that I'm unable to find where are those files located to see what are them.

Can anyone help me find a solution to this?

Thank you in advance.

Answer 1

I've found with WinDirStat that 20 GB are used by "unknown" files.

You may need to chkdsk the drive in the case of file system corruption.

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Answer 2

Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

Unfortunately I've already done and it did not found any issue on the partition...

Any other subjection?

Answer 3

What are the unknown files? Maybe delete them if not needed.

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Answer 4

That would be cool if I could do it :)

But in fact WinDirStat shows me 20 GB of Unknown data and I cannot see where is the data located...

Answer 5

The simplest solution may be to move the 5 gB of know files to another location, then delete / recreate the f drive partition.

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