Windows 7 : Disk space : windirstat shows 88 GBs used : Windows shows 143 GBs used

Solution 1:

Data not found by WinDirStat could be:

  • Owned by users whose folders WinDirStat doesn't have permission to access. Run WinDirStat as administrator.
  • Stuff in the Recycle Bins owned by various users? Look at the size of the C:\$Recycline.Bin folder (you may need to disable "hide protected operating system files"
  • Volume Shadow Copy / System Restore / System Protection. Check out System Properties --> System Protection to configure it.