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Windows 11 D Drive Space Drops Dramatically After Deleting Game
After emptying the recycle bin to delete a large game folder on Windows 11, my D drive space dropped drastically (from over 100GB to 40GB). Disk check found no errors. What's causing this? Any fixes?...
This is the most probable culprit. Every drive has a reserved "maximum size" for the Recycle Bin (e.g., 10% of the drive). If the folder you deleted was larger than this limit, Windows bypasses the Recycle Bin entirely and performs a permanent deletion.