Windows Explorer always displays wrong file size

[D]

I have my hard drive partioned into 3 drives. (C,D,E) I
want to verify how much spaced is used on my D Drive. So
I right click and choose properties on my D drive in
windows explorer. It tells me how much space is being
used but it is wrong. I have turned off Disk restore
thinking maybe this is it and I also have show all hidden
files and folders. Any ideas??

 

[Guest]

One more point....it seems like there is some hidden log
files, secret files used by the system or something that
it is counting that I can't see so I always get an
inaccurate display of space used. I would like to know
how to see these files that don't show up. And yes I do
have show hidden files and folders checked. Thanks

 

[Guest]

Uncheck "hide important system files" (or sth. very similar) .. and they will show up. And 2nd, try thinking that way, some programs use 1GB = 1024x1024 bytes others 1GB = 1000 x 1000 bytes ... this might confuse. Also on NTFS system can reserve quite a big amount of space for itself in "System Volume Information".

 

[Guess Who]

Also, you must take "slack space" into consideration. A file may only be 50
bytes in size, but will occupy an entire cluster. Depending on how your
drive has been set up when partitioned, this can result in a lot of wasted
space that can never be reclaimed, except by changing the discs' cluster
size to a smaller one.

Uncheck "hide important system files" (or sth. very similar) .. and they

will show up. And 2nd, try thinking that way, some programs use 1GB =
1024x1024 bytes others 1GB = 1000 x 1000 bytes ... this might confuse. Also
on NTFS system can reserve quite a big amount of space for itself in "System
Volume Information".