AlienALX
Well-known member
OK so I guess you guys have all seen the latest Windows update (the big one) and have installed it. However, though quite rare, this can cause big issues. Now oddly enough it all went fine on my rig at my mother's, so when it chose to install on Sunday I deleted the rollback file as I figured all would be well. It wasn't. All of a sudden I had a 500mb hard drive, letter M: (yours will vary) and Windows was continually whining that it was full and flashing messages at me.
This is not the first time Windows has busted my PC with an update and I am sure it won't be the last but if this happens to you (and you sprout a new 500mb hard drive that won't go away) then this is the fix.
open cmd (type CMD in the "Type here to search" box)
type diskpart (this will open diskpart)
new window, type list volume (only type list volume)
find the volume in question which might be volume 0 (mine was Volume 10)
then type select volume 0 (or whatever volume its assigned)
and then type remove letter C (mine was M).
This will make the new hard drive go away and stop Windows whining. It is obviously some sort of boot area that Windows usually hides, but this update can make it pop up and start complaining about low disk space.
This is not the first time Windows has busted my PC with an update and I am sure it won't be the last but if this happens to you (and you sprout a new 500mb hard drive that won't go away) then this is the fix.
open cmd (type CMD in the "Type here to search" box)
type diskpart (this will open diskpart)
new window, type list volume (only type list volume)
find the volume in question which might be volume 0 (mine was Volume 10)
then type select volume 0 (or whatever volume its assigned)
and then type remove letter C (mine was M).
This will make the new hard drive go away and stop Windows whining. It is obviously some sort of boot area that Windows usually hides, but this update can make it pop up and start complaining about low disk space.