diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css
index 3911eda..81a10ad 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/css/setup-wizard.css
@@ -1325,7 +1325,9 @@ body.setup-wizard-open .eo-modal { z-index: 10000; }
 
 /* Capacity meter on a drive card. Inline and small on purpose: it encodes the
    proportion the text deliberately doesn't repeat, without adding a row.
-   Filled = free space, so the bar drains as the disk fills. */
+   Filled = used space, as in every file manager. The track is deliberately
+   high-contrast: a barely-used disk shows a tiny sliver, and against a faint
+   track that read as a broken widget rather than as "almost empty". */
 .setup-storage-meter {
   display: inline-block;
   vertical-align: middle;
@@ -1333,7 +1335,8 @@ body.setup-wizard-open .eo-modal { z-index: 10000; }
   height: 5px;
   margin-left: 10px;
   border-radius: 3px;
-  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.20);
+  background: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.32);
+  box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 1px rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.14);
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 .setup-storage-meter > span {
diff --git a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js
index 8ec6cbb..5d5df8c 100755
--- a/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js
+++ b/containers/libreportal/frontend/core/setup/js/setup-wizard.js
@@ -452,23 +452,25 @@ class SetupWizard {
   //
   // Which figure matters depends on the question. For "will my data fit?" —
   // the question this step actually asks — absolute free space decides it: a
-  // 4 GB disk that is 89% free is still useless for a media library.
-  // Percentage answers "is this filling up?", a health signal rather than a
-  // placement one. So the text carries the magnitude and the bar the
-  // proportion, which is what the eye reads fastest.
+  // 4 GB disk that is 89% free is still useless for a media library. So the
+  // text carries the magnitude and the bar the proportion.
   //
-  // The bar fills with FREE space, not used. Filling by usage meant a healthy
-  // 7%-full disk rendered as an almost-empty track that read as a broken
-  // widget, and it disagreed with the text right beside it. Filled = room to
-  // spare, draining = filling up, which is the same direction as the words.
+  // The bar fills with USED space. This is the convention every file manager
+  // uses (Windows Explorer shows exactly this pairing: a used-fill bar beside
+  // "808 GB free of 912 GB"), and a filled bar therefore reads as "full".
+  // Filling it with FREE instead was internally consistent with the text but
+  // fought that convention hard enough that a nearly-empty disk looked full.
+  // The cosmetic problem that prompted the inversion — a low-usage bar looking
+  // like a broken widget — belongs to the track's contrast, fixed in CSS.
   _storageMeter(c) {
     const used = Math.max(0, Math.min(100, Number(c.used_pct) || 0));
-    const free = 100 - used;
-    const level = free <= 10 ? ' setup-storage-meter-high'
-                : (free <= 25 ? ' setup-storage-meter-mid' : '');
+    // Keep a sliver visible so a barely-used disk still reads as a measurement.
+    const width = used > 0 && used < 2 ? 2 : used;
+    const level = used >= 90 ? ' setup-storage-meter-high'
+                : (used >= 75 ? ' setup-storage-meter-mid' : '');
     return `<span class="setup-storage-meter${level}" role="img"
-              aria-label="${free}% of this drive free"
-              title="${used}% used, ${free}% free"><span style="width:${free}%"></span></span>`;
+              aria-label="${used}% of this drive used"
+              title="${used}% used, ${100 - used}% free"><span style="width:${width}%"></span></span>`;
   }
 
   // One card, one line.
@@ -525,10 +527,11 @@ class SetupWizard {
     });
 
     if (note) {
-      // Deliberately not repeating the tooltip: this line carries only what is
-      // actionable while choosing.
+      // Only the single-disk case says anything: with drives listed, the cards
+      // and their badges already carry it, and a standing explanatory line
+      // under them was noise.
       note.innerHTML = this.storageCandidates.length
-        ? 'Drives that can\u2019t hold app data are greyed out \u2014 open Details to see why.'
+        ? ''
         : 'No other drives found. You can add one later with <code>libreportal storage</code>.';
     }
   }