So I recently got a new laptop and when I bought it it said that the SSD is 1TB. Now I open my file explorer and the disk space is only 199? What I’m more confused about is that Task Manager says that the capacity of my SSD is 954 and right under it says “Formatted : 201”.I know it may seem like a stupid question but am I not understanding something or did I get scammed?
Would appreciate a simple explanation!
The rest of the space must be unallocated, so you don’t see it.
Open up disk managment by right clicking the start menu (windows logo) and choose Disk Management.
There, on the bottom you should see your ssd and its partitions. Right click on the unallocated space, and choose New Simple Volume. Then just click through all the options, no need to change anything.
The next time you open the file explorer your new partition should be there.
You could also extend your C partition to have the entire size of your ssd but having a separate partition for the system is better. This way you now will have a 200gb system partiton that you can format to reinstall your system without losing any data on your second, ~800gb partiton.