Hello Joliet_Tech,
In this case it seems that is not normal that it's showing 298G but we need to confirm more information in regards to your system, could you please sent us a snap shot of the Disk Management, here is a way to get there: Click Start> On Computer right click> Go to manage>Under Storage you will see the Disk Management, and one of the Matrix Storage Console showing the storage, also could you attach your system configuration, here is a way to do that: Click Start> Type System Information> Click File>Export> Save File> and sent us that file.
Regards,
Amy.