Empty folder consuming 150gb

Question

I have an ASUS laptop with 450gb of C drive Windows 10. It was showing 220gb used. Although i have a lot of softwares in my laptop i thought of deleting the program files of the ones which i dont use.

When i analysed the storage distribution i found out that the space consumed by program files and windows is not that much. 

But there was one folder under programdata - Asus - VirtualDrive which was using 150gb of the space. When i opened it the folder was empty.

What should i do with that folder now ? 

I want to clear up some space for new softwares but i dont know whether it would be safe to delete that folder. 

Can anyone please help me with this issue.

Answer 1

Yes, I see it, well, if you want to delete a partition and it is empty, see the recommendations for a similar case:

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

Answer 2

Hi Fred, Thanks for replying.

I did as you instructed, but even then the folder is empty. There are no hidden files.

Regarding the backup, I hadn't taken any.  The closest thing to this that I have done is partitioned my SSD into 3 parts namely OS C, Drive D, and Drive G. 

I just looked into the properties of my C drive and in the hardware section, there is one Microsoft virtual disk present.

I'll attach a snip of the properties panel for reference.

Answer 3

Hello Tanny.P

Thanks for reaching out! My name is Fred I'm an Independent Advisor and a Microsoft user like you.

Did you remember if you configure a backup or create a virtual machine?

Try to see if there are hidden files in the folder, follow the steps below to make these files visible:

Open File Explorer from the taskbar.

Select View > Options > Change folder and search options.

Select the View tab and, in Advanced settings, select Show hidden files, folders, and drives and OK.

Best Regards,

Fred

Answer 4

To illustrate your problem, please open the Disk Manager (diskmgmt.msc), then use snippingtool.exe to take a snapshot of the Disk Manager frame. Save the snapshot to your desktop, then attach it to your reply.