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Discussions tagged with 'storage warning' on WindowsForum.com cover scenarios where users encounter unexpected hard drive space discrepancies, often in dual-boot configurations. A recurring theme involves Windows misreporting available space on shared partitions, such as when a dual-boot system with Windows 7 and Linux shows a shared NTFS drive (E:) consuming space that Windows attributes to the system drive (C:). These threads typically seek to diagnose why Windows displays a storage warning or incorrect capacity, and explore solutions like partition alignment, file system compatibility, or hidden system files. The tag is relevant for users troubleshooting disk space anomalies in multi-OS setups.
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 / Linux Dual Boot Missing Hard Drive Space

    Hello, About 6 months ago I set up a new machine dual boot using GParted with the following configuration: /dev/sda1 ntfs (Windows 7 system reserved) 100 MB /dev/sda2 ntfs (Windows7 C: drive) 99 GB (includes 4 GB of preloaded page file space) /dev/sda3 ntfs (Shared drive - Windows7 E: Drive /...
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    • c drive disk space drive management dual boot e drive file access file system gparted hard drive hidden files linux linux root partition shared drives storage storage warning swap system reserved treesize windows 7
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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