I bought a SamDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2
Model: SDSSDE61-2TOO
But after copying only 1TB, it appears full.
The data I copied totals 958GB. But the disk only shows 31GB free.
How do I fix this?
The Sandisk SSD should be exFAT and your Windows NTFS, so it’s probably the file system block size allocation difference issue. Take a backup of the original files on the SSD, format as NTFS and you should be good to go.
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Thank you! It’s solved!!
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Windows can keep deleted files on an external drive, so Explorer may show only ~958 GB of visible files while the drive has much less free space. Right click the SSD → Properties and check the Used/Free numbers, then enable View → Show → Hidden items and look for $RECYCLE.BIN and other unusually large folders. SanDisk specifically lists hidden files and the Recycle Bin as possible causes. If that doesn’t account for the missing ~170 GB, open Disk Management and check whether the 2 TB drive has an unexpected second partition or unallocated space.
