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A windows 10 SSD is shared with Ubuntu. Windows-10 indicates that 1 GB of 47 GB is free. Thus 46 GB of files

When all folders are selected, right clicked, and properties selected: only 27GB in the form of 164K-Files 48K-Folders.

How is it possible that only 27GB of files is returned with properties and that C: indicates 46GB of files? Shouldn't the numbers be the same?

I am not running a VM, however, this very issue is raised in a VM context: Used space does not match sum of all files

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  • Your reasoning is flawed because the "not-used" space is not fully dedicated to "files". The filesystem itself uses storage space. Also there's the issue of the "filesize" versus the allocated size (e.g. the cluster size). You can expect your question to marked as a duplicate. BTW an SSD is not a "*disk*". – sawdust Aug 19 '23 at 02:14
  • Be clear that Windows File Explorer (which is NOT "Windows 10") does not and can not give accurate disk usage numbers, because it does not deal accurately (or at all) with things like alternate data streams, "hard" links, etc. – kreemoweet Aug 19 '23 at 02:39

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