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How can I visualize the file system usage on Windows?

I highlighted all files and folders in my C drive (with "show hidden files or folders" switched on) in Windows 7 Professional x64, and went on right click > "Properties", where I found out that the total size is 73.3 GB.

However, in the "My Computer" screen it's telling me that I have 12.5 GB free of 111 GB which means that I have 25.2 GB Unaccounted for.

Any ideas why? And if it can be solved, how would I do this?

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Jonny
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Maybe you need to allocate it with Disk Management (guide2, guide3).

You didn't give enough details, but maybe you simply don't allocate all the space.

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As some of the other posters have said you are a little light on details, Personally I think a large portion could be taken up by the recycle bin. Empty the recycle bin and see if that frees up the space.

I would also recommend the freeware program Space Monger (Versions after 1.4 are not freeware). It will give you a visual representation of what is using up all of your hard disk space.

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This explains some of it.

Basically, SSDs writes everything in blocks, and it doesn't overwrite a block when writing to the disk unless you specify it to. I hope you're not using your SSD to store ALL of your programs/data =D

EDIT:

Jeff Atwood talks about his experience with SSDs

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