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Question

In Settings>System>Storage>Show more categories>System & Reserved, the "System Data" only nearby 6GB but when I enter the "Windows" folder properties, the size of the folder is over 8GB. I wonder is there any unecessary in "Windows" folder. And how to delete them?

Answer 1

Thank you for that information, in that case, I do not see any problem with the storage on your drive, while it is okay to disable all other features, it is definitely not a good idea to disable Virtual Memory, that can cause many problems in Windows.

Answer 2

Hi Dave

Yeah, for your question, I turned off System Protection and System Restore Point. And the virtual RAM current not set. Because in System & Reserved, only "System Data" show. That mean all kind off hibernation feature, virtual RAM feature, reserved data and system restore point are not available at the moment

Answer 3

You have a very efficient drive, I do not see anything wrong with your used storage, what size s the page file and System Volume Information?

Answer 4

Yeah currently I using a Lite version of Windows 11 called "Windows X-Lite" name "Exceptional 11" with the original publisher is FBConan and the official website is https://windowsxlite.com The version I'm using is the newest version of their products since 24/5/2023

By the way I downloaded Treesize program but I can't send for you my OS drive picture BUT I can say it out for now:

Checked day: 24/5/2023 at 10:40

Used: 11GB; Free: 211GB; Total: 222GB

Sort: bigger size to smaller size:

1, Folder: Windows; Size: 13.9GB; Size on disk: 8.5GB; Accounting: 64.5%

2, Folder: Users; Size: 2.2GB; Size on disk: 1.9GB; Accounting: 14.4%

3, Folder: Program Files (x86); Size: 2.4GB; Size on disk: 1.6GB; Accounting: 12%

4, Folder: Program Files; Size: 1.4GB; Size on disk: 945MB; Accounting: 7%

5, Folder: Boot; Size: 18.8MB; Size on disk: 17.9MB; Accounting: 0.1%

Note: Another file not becasue they very light (Not over 2MB)

That all of my OS drive storage information, hopefully you will find a solution for me

Bonus: My installed programs (exclude Treesize and driver programs) since 24/5/2023 are:

TLauncher: 1GB

Microsoft 365: 2GB

Chrome: 600MB

Unlocker: 146KB

Java 8: 214MB

IDM: 23.3MB

Your Uninstaller: 12.5MB

Tera Box: 211MB

EasyBCD: 2.45MB

Desktop Runtime 6.0.16: 400KB

Thanks for your Respond :)

Answer 5

Hi Chu Tuyền,

I am Dave, I will help you with this.

It sounds like your system storage is being reported incorrectly, and that storage section in the Settings app is known to have many bugs, Windows has always had difficulty calculating folder contents and sizes.

Are you using a standard version of Windows 11 or something like Windows Lite?

Click the link below to download a small free utility named Treesize.

https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free

Important - to run TreeSize, you must right click its icon and choose Run as Administrator.

Please provide a screenshot of your C drive in that TreeSize utility, so I can see your hard drive and work out where that space is being used and if there is an underlying problem.

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