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I emptied my hard drive, but it still has 9GB on it
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Mar 15, 2026676 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I have a secondary disk drive 465GB as reported by Windows explorer. I'm going to install a secondary O/S on it, so I moved EVERYTHING on it to another drive. Windows explorer STILL reports 9.27GB of used space on the 465GB hard drive! Windows file explorer shows nothing on the disk, and I've turne…
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Fix for: I emptied my hard drive, but it still has 9GB on it
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What could possibly be taking up 9.27GB of space? The NTFS Master File Table typically reserves a bunch of space; 9GB sounds approximately right for a 465GB drive. Note that if you make a huge 464GB file, the MFT reserved space will automatically sh…
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