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Question

Hello,

What capabilities does the Windows Storage Management have if installed as an optional feature?

Answer 1

Hello R Cord,

But these features are already included, so I am not clear as to what does a user get by installing it from Optional Features.

Answer 2

Hey @ DarkoWin, i totally get your confusion i see the same you see....have you, by any chance, found the answer to this seemingly useless Optional Feature??????

Answer 3

Hi,

R. Cord here, Independent Expert. Hope you are doing well.

Windows Storage Management is a feature that allows you to manage your computer's storage resources. When installed, it provides various capabilities such as:

Storage Spaces:

Storage Spaces is a feature that lets you combine multiple physical hard drives into a single logical drive. It can help you create a redundant storage pool, and you can add or remove drives from the pool as needed.

Storage Optimization:

This feature optimizes storage by freeing up space on your hard drive. It includes features like compressing files, deleting temporary files, and moving files to external drives.

Storage Sense:

Storage Sense is a feature that automatically frees up space on your hard drive. It does this by deleting unnecessary files like temporary files, recycle bin items, and other system files.

Disk Cleanup:

Disk Cleanup is a utility that removes unnecessary files from your hard drive. It includes temporary files, offline webpages, and recycle bin items.

Storage Management Console:

Storage Management Console is a graphical interface for managing your computer's storage resources. It provides a central location for managing your storage spaces, disks, volumes, and file systems.

I hope it helps,

R. Cord