Report server all readers to 0% free space

We run PowerShell script as a scheduled task on the server. Employment checks free space on disks and reports if space drops to less than x %. It works in 99% of the time. Periodically, we however, alerts because the work indicates 0% space on the disks. A check through Windows confirms that this is not the case. We are receiving reports several like that then everything returns to normal. We would like to understand why this happens and what we can do to avoid this feeling of panic.

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