Hard drive full, but files / folders don't add up to used drive space [duplicate]

My harddrive is full, but according to the size of all my folders, I should have more than half of my drive left over.

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Short Answer: WinDirStat

NOTE: When you run it, make sure to "Run as Administrator".

Long Answer: Unfortunately Windows Explorer (File Explorer) was dead wrong about the size of my “Program Files” folder. It said that my “Program Files” folder was 16.5 GB. However, inside of it I had an .LDF file that was over 200 GB! Within about five minutes of starting WinDirStat I could see what was hogging up my drive space.

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