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Please forgive if this is obvious - I haven't used Windows for decades - and it's fallen on me to sort out an old laptop with Windows 8 installed. When I open 'Properties' for 'Windows (C:)', it shows that the disk is 110GB, of which 56.8GB is used.

However, when I open 'Properties' for all the folders under 'Windows (C:)', the sizes don't add up at all - they only use about 20GB. I've tried logging in as Administrator, and I've shared the disk folder, mounted it as Administrator from Linux and run du -sh *, and still get the same result. IS there any way in which I can see what is using all the space?

j4nd3r53n
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There are probably some hidden files, like hibernation file and paging file, plus some filesystem overhead.

You can use WizTree to visualize what's using up space. It's better than alternatives like WinDirStat because it inspects the filesystem on a very low level. As a bonus it's much faster too.

gronostaj
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