System & reserved files on a secondary drive?

Anonymous
2022-10-30T02:00:47+00:00

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System > Storage > Advance storage settings > Disk & volumes > Disk 1 > Volume name > Properties > View usage

I didn't know about this until now, is this normal? why do we need system & reserved files on a secondary drive?

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Anonymous
2022-10-31T22:34:03+00:00

Copy back a few folders at the time and keep checking to see when those 14GB start showing up in the System files. Then you can isolate which one is causing the problem.

I followed your advise and copying folder by folder does not reproduce the issue.

However, if I copy everthing at once the 14GBs come back. 🤷‍♂️

Thanks for the suggestion 👍

Done and dusted!

Good that you could clean it up.

I guess we'll never know what caused the problem in the first place.

Perhaps when you got the BSOD?

Probably when you do a clone you copy over also the problem. 🤣🤣

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-31T01:38:54+00:00

    Hello Sibro.o,  

    Welcome back.

    Due to the fact that your D drive already has system retention files, it will still be there after you restore the system.

    I suggest you backup the important files on your computer, then format the D drive and try a fresh install again.

    Also, I checked that if you check the "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" box for virtual memory, it may cause this problem, because virtual memory is automatically allocated to other drives after checking this box.

    Therefore, you can uncheck "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" and select the drive letter for virtual memory by yourself.

    If there is anything not clear, please do not hesitate to let me know.

    Best Regards,

    Lenka-MSFT| Microsoft Community Support Specialist

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-10-31T00:27:47+00:00

    Anything on this?

    You can use /F if it finds anything wrong.

    Seems like the File system on your D: drive could be screwed up.

    Maybe after the BSOD you had?

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-31T00:04:21+00:00

    There are system files on every drive.

    You're right, I should have said System & reserved files. 😁

    Still, 14GBs of system files nowhere to be found ain't normal.

    That looks like a screw up, something is corrupted in the file system.

    Did you try a check disk?

    My properties screen looks quite different from yours. Here I show the used space on an empty drive just formatted.

    The other 2 below are the same as yours.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-10-30T23:55:16+00:00

    There are system files on every drive.

    You're right, I should have said System & reserved files. 😁

    Still, 14GBs of system files nowhere to be found ain't normal.

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