Getting info on unbelievably large SSD cache disk [View all]

[DaveJ]

Awhile back a purchased a laptop with windows 8 and a Hitache 128gb hard drive - C: - and what I thought was a 24gb Kingston ssd drive - D:. It was not a super high end laptop, I think it was about $700.

But a year later now I notice that the properties of the SSD drive say it has about 257 GB of space! Only like 37MB is being used. I had sent the laptop in for a touchscreen repair, got it back, and I have this delusional fantasy that they decided to swap out my SSD with a super large one just to be 'nice' haha. But really, is it some sort of technical anomaly that explains why the SSD reports that it's to huge?

Is it really that large? I doubt it. Overall, is there anywhere I can see the settings for how this SSD caching thing works? I suppose it puts frequently used files on the disk, but I do not see anything there. Also, is it ok to put my own frequently used Visual Studio projects on there?

[Also] I have trouble getting extended info on the drive. It the properties dialog locks up when I open them, which might be related to installing the Windows 8.1 Preview, not sure. The drive itself might be causing these problems. I have not yet tried to update the driver.