What is the difference between "used space", "size" and "size on disk"?
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Mar 15, 20268693 viewsConfidence Score0%
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There is only one partition for both system files and personal data, which is C:. The other two partitions are for boot and for recovery. Now I have two different reports on the size of C: on my Windows 7: by clicking the property of C:, it shows 59.4 GB for "used space"; by selecting all contents …
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There's some files and folders that you don't have access to, even as Administrator. System Volume Information is one such folder. You can't directly see some items that take up space, like the MFT and USN Journal. On Vista & 7, the Windows director…
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