size of all files don't add up to total space used

[Windows 11]

I have 2.72 TB of space in my Local Disk D, but 1.57 TB was used. I checked the "Storage Usage" on my Local Disk D, and clicked "Others," where it says 1.28 TB is used, and the total space used by the files in there did not even come close to 1 TB.

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