Windows Server 2012 Essentials shows wrong used space on SSD
I am runnin a Windows Server 2012 Essentials and have a 100 GB System Partition from an 128GB SSD drive. Yesterday I got a warning from the system, that the space on this drive is out, so I checked, and Windows seems to report it wrong:
Is there a way to fix this or find out, what is actually taking the space? Check-Disk did not help, but shows the same "usage"...
Here is the Check-Disk log:
Chkdsk was executed in scan mode on a volume snapshot.
Checking file system on C: Volume label is System.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further
action is required.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File verification
completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... Multiple object id
files found. Ignoring extra object id files. Multiple quota files
found. Ignoring extra quota files. Multiple reparse file found.
Ignoring extra reparse files. Multiple Usn Journal file found.
Ignoring extra Usn Journal files. Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... Security
descriptor verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn
Journal... Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No
further action is required.
104867839 KB total disk space.
100434108 KB in 93859 files.
160264 KB in 29185 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
784315 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
3489152 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
26216959 total allocation units on disk.
872288 allocation units available on disk.
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I am runnin a Windows Server 2012 Essentials and have a 100 GB System Partition from an 128GB SSD drive. Yesterday I got a warning from the system, that the space on this drive is out, so I checked, and Windows seems to report it wrong:
Is there a way to fix this or find out, what is actually taking the space? Check-Disk did not help, but shows the same "usage"...
Here is the Check-Disk log:
Chkdsk was executed in scan mode on a volume snapshot.
Checking file system on C: Volume label is System.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further
action is required.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File verification
completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... Multiple object id
files found. Ignoring extra object id files. Multiple quota files
found. Ignoring extra quota files. Multiple reparse file found.
Ignoring extra reparse files. Multiple Usn Journal file found.
Ignoring extra Usn Journal files. Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... Security
descriptor verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn
Journal... Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No
further action is required.
104867839 KB total disk space.
100434108 KB in 93859 files.
160264 KB in 29185 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
784315 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
3489152 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
26216959 total allocation units on disk.
872288 allocation units available on disk.
hard-drive partitioning ssd windows-server-2012
asked Sep 19 '13 at 7:22
ChrFinChrFin
116111
add a comment |
I am runnin a Windows Server 2012 Essentials and have a 100 GB System Partition from an 128GB SSD drive. Yesterday I got a warning from the system, that the space on this drive is out, so I checked, and Windows seems to report it wrong:
Is there a way to fix this or find out, what is actually taking the space? Check-Disk did not help, but shows the same "usage"...
Here is the Check-Disk log:
Chkdsk was executed in scan mode on a volume snapshot.
Checking file system on C: Volume label is System.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further
action is required.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File verification
completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... Multiple object id
files found. Ignoring extra object id files. Multiple quota files
found. Ignoring extra quota files. Multiple reparse file found.
Ignoring extra reparse files. Multiple Usn Journal file found.
Ignoring extra Usn Journal files. Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... Security
descriptor verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn
Journal... Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No
further action is required.
104867839 KB total disk space.
100434108 KB in 93859 files.
160264 KB in 29185 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
784315 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
3489152 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
26216959 total allocation units on disk.
872288 allocation units available on disk.
hard-drive partitioning ssd windows-server-2012
asked Sep 19 '13 at 7:22
ChrFinChrFin
116111
I am runnin a Windows Server 2012 Essentials and have a 100 GB System Partition from an 128GB SSD drive. Yesterday I got a warning from the system, that the space on this drive is out, so I checked, and Windows seems to report it wrong:
Is there a way to fix this or find out, what is actually taking the space? Check-Disk did not help, but shows the same "usage"...
Here is the Check-Disk log:
Chkdsk was executed in scan mode on a volume snapshot.
Checking file system on C: Volume label is System.
Stage 1: Examining basic file system structure ...
Stage 2: Examining file name linkage ...
Stage 3: Examining security descriptors ...
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further
action is required.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)... File verification
completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)... Multiple object id
files found. Ignoring extra object id files. Multiple quota files
found. Ignoring extra quota files. Multiple reparse file found.
Ignoring extra reparse files. Multiple Usn Journal file found.
Ignoring extra Usn Journal files. Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)... Security
descriptor verification completed. CHKDSK is verifying Usn
Journal... Usn Journal verification completed.
Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No
further action is required.
104867839 KB total disk space.
100434108 KB in 93859 files.
160264 KB in 29185 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
784315 KB in use by the system.
65536 KB occupied by the log file.
3489152 KB available on disk.
4096 bytes in each allocation unit.
26216959 total allocation units on disk.
872288 allocation units available on disk.
hard-drive partitioning ssd windows-server-2012
hard-drive partitioning ssd windows-server-2012
asked Sep 19 '13 at 7:22
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asked Sep 19 '13 at 7:22
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asked Sep 19 '13 at 7:22
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asked Sep 19 '13 at 7:22
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asked Sep 19 '13 at 7:22
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I'd trust Chkdsk and Windows. I wouldn't trust Tree Size.
The pie chart, in particular, is about very accurate. This is taken straight from the file system's metadata files.
Tree Size traverses folders and adds up files. Which is inherently broken because it does not properly add up hardlinks and files it cannot access.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
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Actually TreeSize was right - please se my own answer...
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 9:24
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I must have totally forgotten, that even if it is a Server it is still Windows...
Rebooted and saw this:
"Funny thing" (and actually the reason I rebooted) was, that the free space was getting smaller by ~1GB/h!
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
116111
Sounds like you don't have TRIM support enabled.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 11:44
How can I check/change that?
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 12:58
2
The following article will get you started lifehacker.com/5640971/… more research should be done of course.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 13:02
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I'd trust Chkdsk and Windows. I wouldn't trust Tree Size.
The pie chart, in particular, is about very accurate. This is taken straight from the file system's metadata files.
Tree Size traverses folders and adds up files. Which is inherently broken because it does not properly add up hardlinks and files it cannot access.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
20.8k34371
Actually TreeSize was right - please se my own answer...
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 9:24
add a comment |
I'd trust Chkdsk and Windows. I wouldn't trust Tree Size.
The pie chart, in particular, is about very accurate. This is taken straight from the file system's metadata files.
Tree Size traverses folders and adds up files. Which is inherently broken because it does not properly add up hardlinks and files it cannot access.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
20.8k34371
Actually TreeSize was right - please se my own answer...
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 9:24
add a comment |
I'd trust Chkdsk and Windows. I wouldn't trust Tree Size.
The pie chart, in particular, is about very accurate. This is taken straight from the file system's metadata files.
Tree Size traverses folders and adds up files. Which is inherently broken because it does not properly add up hardlinks and files it cannot access.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
20.8k34371
I'd trust Chkdsk and Windows. I wouldn't trust Tree Size.
The pie chart, in particular, is about very accurate. This is taken straight from the file system's metadata files.
Tree Size traverses folders and adds up files. Which is inherently broken because it does not properly add up hardlinks and files it cannot access.
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
20.8k34371
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
20.8k34371
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
20.8k34371
answered Sep 19 '13 at 8:57
surfasbsurfasb
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20.8k34371
Actually TreeSize was right - please se my own answer...
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 9:24
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Actually TreeSize was right - please se my own answer...
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 9:24
Actually TreeSize was right - please se my own answer...
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 9:24
Actually TreeSize was right - please se my own answer...
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 9:24
add a comment |
I must have totally forgotten, that even if it is a Server it is still Windows...
Rebooted and saw this:
"Funny thing" (and actually the reason I rebooted) was, that the free space was getting smaller by ~1GB/h!
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
116111
Sounds like you don't have TRIM support enabled.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 11:44
How can I check/change that?
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 12:58
2
The following article will get you started lifehacker.com/5640971/… more research should be done of course.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 13:02
add a comment |
I must have totally forgotten, that even if it is a Server it is still Windows...
Rebooted and saw this:
"Funny thing" (and actually the reason I rebooted) was, that the free space was getting smaller by ~1GB/h!
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
116111
Sounds like you don't have TRIM support enabled.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 11:44
How can I check/change that?
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 12:58
2
The following article will get you started lifehacker.com/5640971/… more research should be done of course.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 13:02
add a comment |
I must have totally forgotten, that even if it is a Server it is still Windows...
Rebooted and saw this:
"Funny thing" (and actually the reason I rebooted) was, that the free space was getting smaller by ~1GB/h!
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
116111
I must have totally forgotten, that even if it is a Server it is still Windows...
Rebooted and saw this:
"Funny thing" (and actually the reason I rebooted) was, that the free space was getting smaller by ~1GB/h!
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
116111
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
116111
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
116111
answered Sep 19 '13 at 9:23
ChrFinChrFin
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116111
Sounds like you don't have TRIM support enabled.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 11:44
How can I check/change that?
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 12:58
2
The following article will get you started lifehacker.com/5640971/… more research should be done of course.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 13:02
add a comment |
Sounds like you don't have TRIM support enabled.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 11:44
How can I check/change that?
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 12:58
2
The following article will get you started lifehacker.com/5640971/… more research should be done of course.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 13:02
Sounds like you don't have TRIM support enabled.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 11:44
Sounds like you don't have TRIM support enabled.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 11:44
How can I check/change that?
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 12:58
How can I check/change that?
– ChrFin
Sep 19 '13 at 12:58
2
2
The following article will get you started lifehacker.com/5640971/… more research should be done of course.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 13:02
The following article will get you started lifehacker.com/5640971/… more research should be done of course.
– Ramhound
Sep 19 '13 at 13:02
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