why do i have so little storage? What happened to the 2TB?

[itsmyname]

@killerbrunette --- I do not know what HDD is. Don't know what OS is either.

HDD == H(ard) D(isk) D(rive). Many years ago, there were "soft" media, containing either 160 or 320 or 720 or 1200 or 1440 thousand bytes (1000 bytes is one "Kilobyte") of information.

Today's HDD can store either 500 million bytes of information, or 1000 or 2000 or even larger.

The first-generation of such media were 8-inches wide, and were somewhat flexible, in the same way that you have enough hand-strength to temporarily squeeze a music CD or a video-movie DVD into an "arc" shape.

Due to its flexibility, that first-generation media became known as "floppy" devices.

Later generations where 3.5-inches wide, and have a stronger plastic case, and became known as "stiffies". Any attempt to "flex" them usually cracked the plastic case, or snapped the case into two pieces.

The current disk-drives are "hard" -- you need the strength of The Hulk to "flex" them.

OS == O(perating) S(ystem) -- the programming code that makes Microsoft Windows or Apple's MacOS turn your chunk of hardware components (computer case, power-supply, mother-board, processor, memory, CD/DVD drive, and HDD) into a working computer.

[Prométhée]

Sorry @killerbrunette  I was away

You have your hdd , 1 tb, it is usable !?
so just see my answer here:

Re: So my PC came with a 1TB hard drive, how do I find where... - HP Support Community - 7834985

Unfortunately, your ssd is quite small, and you can't do much to fix it.
The best option would be to install one of greater capacity!

[itsmyname]

@killerbrunette -- for how long have you been using your computer?

What I think is that you have been using it for a long time, and have been "saving" your files to the "C:" drive-letter, rather than to the "D:" drive-letter (the 1 TB disk-drive).

When your computer was new, less than 30 GB, out of the 128 GB, was occupied by Windows.

But, by installing more programs, and saving files, you have filled the remaining 98 GB. Ouch!

Fortunately, you do not need to spend your money to replace the 128 GB device with one with a larger capacity, if you can "move" your personal files from "C:" to "D:", to free-up maybe 50% of that 128 GB.

Then, in the future, be sure to save new files to the "D:" disk-drive.

Also, run the Windows "Disk Cleanup" app -- it will identify, and, with your permission, delete "junk" files.

[killerbrunette · Accepted solution]

I ended up changing the drive locations for desktop and downloads via 'properties' then 'location' so now my desktop and downloads, which are my biggest files, are on D and only take up a fraction of the drive.

[itsmyname]

@killerbrunette -- my biggest files, are on D and only take up a fraction of the drive.

That is the most-elegant solution, and avoids unnecessary spending of your money.

Remember to "move" your files from the "Documents" folder on your "C:" drive-letter to the "D:".

By "move", I mean first to "copy" your personal files to "D:", verify that the copy completed successfully, and then delete the files from your "C:", to free-up the space on "C:".

[killerbrunette]

I ended up  'moving' them, not copying them.  There was nothing to delete after 'the move'. It was all done in one motion and now everything is in the correct spot...the BIG D drive.    

[itsmyname]

@killerbrunette -- the BIG D drive

That is D-light full. 🙂

Yes, on a Windows system, to "move" means to BOTH "copy" and then "delete".

There is a joke about an office-worker who noticed that the photo-copier was running out of blank paper.

The person's "remedy" was to photo-copy many sheets of blank paper, to try to make more blank paper.

That is a strange way to "copy" -- the person's action only "moved" the paper from the "input" tray to the "output" tray, leaving nothing in the input tray, after the "move".

Please click "this reply was helpful" for each message that you found to be helpful.

Also, please click "Accept As Answer", to indicate that you do not need any more responses, since you have a "solution".

[itsmyname]

@killerbrunette -- I don't see where I can upload a snapshot

While writing a reply, you should see: 

above the "input-box" where you are typing.

Move the mouse-pointer to somewhere within the input-box, click there, and then click on the "camera" to upload an image, or click on the "video-camera" to upload a movie.

If the image is inserted in the wrong position, hold-down the CTRL key on your keyboard, and tap the "Z" key, to "undo" the insertion of the image. Release the CTRL key.