Solved Disk drives occupies space even after disabling Paging

MetalHead

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Hi

I am using Windows 8.1. Recently, I tried to change the size of the paging file by setting "System Managed" option for all drives. Since it turned out to be too much more than the recommended value, I disabled the setting for all drives except the windows drive.

The problem is that all the other drives are still showing the space as used which should have been freed up by disabling the paging sizes for them. I have also restarted the PC but it persists.

I noticed this since one of the drives was totally empty but was showing some used space. I formatted this one to make it 100% free but I cant do this for the other drives as they have too much data.

How can I free up this used space? Thanks.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Single Language 64-bit
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    AMD A10-5750M 2.5GHz Quad Core
    Memory
    8.0 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon 8650G + 8600M Dual Graphics
    Sound Card
    AMD HD Audio Device
    Screen Resolution
    1366 x 768
    Hard Drives
    1 TB AMD SATA
Open Folder Options and set it to show hidden files and uncheck Hide Protected oprating system files then check if there is a pagefile.sys under each drive, just right click and delete it. You also want to check the $Recycle.Bin folder if it occupies any space in there.

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
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