Why don't the sizes of my folders add up to the size of my hard drive in Windows?
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I'm thinking of installing an SSD on my machine at home, and the easiest way to do this is basically to clone my current hard drive over to the new SSD. Trouble is, if I right click on my current hard drive and select properties, my used space is 230GB, thus requiring me to buy a monster SSD. Howev…
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Fix for: Why don't the sizes of my folders add up to the size of my hard drive in Windows?
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There are hidden files and directories which contain system files that are not included in the calculation. System volume information, for example, contains your system restore points and volume shadow copies among other things. It is not included i…
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