GParted shows that a partition has used 70GB more than has actually been used

Asked Oct 27 '13 at 19:11

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So I was about to re-partition my 500GB external HDD to be a bootable drive for Ubuntu 12.10. But when I started up GParted it showed that the only partition has used ~100GB.

GParted shows that I have used about 100GB on /dev/sdb1 (NTFS)

But in reality, I know that I have only used ~30GB, and both the Disk Usage Analyzer and the Properties page for the mount point confirm this.

Disk Usage Analyzer shows that I have only used ~30 GB Properties page for <code>/media/ubuntu/My Passport</code> confirms this

Why would GParted show that I have used so much more space than I actually have? Is it just space that deleted files may be taking up, or is there something I should be alarmed about?

Thank you in advance.

edited Oct 27 '13 at 22:45

Mogget

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asked Oct 27 '13 at 19:11

KevinOrr

GParted shows that a partition has used 70GB more than has actually been used

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