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Red hard drive color

ch_mika Posted messages 207 Status Member -  
brucine Posted messages 25120 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -

Hello,

I’ve done a lot of research but it hasn’t yielded anything. So I’m turning to you.

On Windows 11, when a hard drive is 90% full, the original blue color changes to red in "This PC". However, I have a 12TB drive and I still have 1.14TB of free space left. The color is therefore red, but I would like it to always remain blue. I’m careful enough not to get caught with a full drive. Is there a way to do this? In the registry, for example?

Thank you for your help.

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    madmyke Posted messages 52304 Registration date   Status Moderator Last intervention   12 487
     

    Hello
    It's normal that you haven't found anything.

    No, there's no way around it, it's normal. Keep in mind that the principle of a disk is that to remain functional, performant, and to avoid freezes or errors, it should not exceed 80% of its capacity except occasionally. 12TB is the factory capacity, not the available size after formatting.
    Either you ignore the warnings and a bit of red isn't going to change much, or you take it into account and it's gently time to react. :-)

    Best regards

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  2. ch_mika Posted messages 207 Status Member 71
     

    Hello madmyke,

    It's exactly what I feared.

    It's not a big deal since it's a backup drive and I only use it to synchronize with folders from other hard drives. It's just the red color that bothers me, and I thought we could keep the original blue color with some minor adjustments.

    Thank you for your response.

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    1. brucine Posted messages 25120 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   4 162
       

      Hello,

      If we're operating in bull mode (we don't like red), maybe see here, but I'm not sure if the result is seeing the "guilty" drive in blue or not at all.

      https://spoonconcept.com/how-to-remove-the-hard-drives-red-bar-alert-in-windows-10/

      The question obviously doesn't make sense if it's a system drive (hiding it doesn't reduce the risk), but perhaps not much more regarding a data drive: even though the remaining space may be considerably substantial in absolute terms, having a free buffer space that is also significant may be necessary to copy large files and ensure the proper functioning of the drive.

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