
Several affected users have reported that they managed to resolve this particular issue by running the System Maintenance troubleshooter to automatically find & fix problems that might cause this behavior.

If this scenario is applicable, you should be able to resolve the issue by freeing up the space blocked by System Restore, making it available for general use.

It’s likely that the tool is allowed to use a huge chunk of your free space, so it uses it to create a lot of different restore points, instead of deleting older points as new ones are created.

Hard disk power on time incorrect windows 8.1#
As it turns out, the issue is not exclusive to a particular Windows version since the error is confirmed to occur on Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. In most cases, the size reported by built-in utilities like Chkdsk or Disk Cleanup is also wrong. The majority of users have discovered this after comparing the amount reported in Windows Explorer with the amount reported when selecting all the files inside the drive. Several users have been approaching us with questions after noticing that Windows is reporting wrong free space.
