Hello mates,
I think I did something wrong with my PC. The windows disk nearly consumes the entire SSD capacity.
Do I have to re-install ir or try delete something?
Any help is appreciated. I feel so dumb.
Thank you so much in advance
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Hello mates,
I think I did something wrong with my PC. The windows disk nearly consumes the entire SSD capacity.
Do I have to re-install ir or try delete something?
Any help is appreciated. I feel so dumb.
Thank you so much in advance
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Show us the folders of your C-Drive you might have some backups in there from a Windows upgrade.
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You got any games installed to your C drive such as GTA V etc?
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Thanks so no old upgrade folder, next please check what folder is the largest.
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When you right click on the disk in explorer, you should see a disk cleanup option - might be worth a try too.
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Ps. 237Gb is not all that much these days, looks like the basic 'User' folder is on C as well - so I would assume your downloads (and documents) folders are on that as well? Those can get pretty big.
This might be too much detail - but you can move those folders to another drive. In explorer, I can right click on the documents or downloads link, select properties and location. They have a move option if you wanted to put them on another drive instead.
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Goto settings apps then sort by size and then filter by and select drive c this will show the largest installs you have on drive.
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For reference:
My WIN 10 PRO NTFS C:\ drive usage (with associated programs for everything else I have installed) is right at 102GB.
And that's for Version 20H2; OS build 19042.804; Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0.
Just my WIN 10 folder is:
C:\Windows
Size: 26.6 GB (28,572,879,028 bytes)
Size on disk: 18.6 GB (20,042,534,912 bytes)
Contains: 296,350 files / 108,236 folders
Take into consideration that my Pictures folder lives on my C:\ drive (37.3 GB).
1) Does your system hibernate? Or does it sleep? Or is it always awake?
Hibernation saves the state of all programs to the HDD and uses space2) You need to show hidden and system files in Windows Explorer and post the c:\ list again.
Open the Windows Explorer.We're looking for the presence and size of your hiberfil, swapfile, and pagefile.
There should be a button at the top left that says VIEW. Click it.
A new toolbar appears. On the right side there is a checkbox list:
⬜ Item Check Boxes
✅ File Name Extension
✅ Hidden Items
You could also be suffering from TEMP / TMP file bloat if you have recently added many programs to your system or if you have recently cleaned up your files. There is a known issue where after clearing TEMP / TMP files, the Microsoft Store gets borked and fills up the TEMP directory with .appx files [1].
Run Disk Cleanup (Windows 10):
• In the search box on the taskbar, type disk cleanup, and select Disk Cleanup from the list of results.If you need to free up more space, you can also delete system files:
• Select the drive you want to clean up, and then select OK.
• Under Files to delete, select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
• Select OK.
• In Disk Cleanup, select Clean up system files.Use caution when cleaning files. Read the description of each item you select.
• Select the file types to get rid of. To get a description of the file type, select it.
• Select OK.
Depending on the choices you make and your system setup, you can free up about 10 GB of space with Disk Cleanup.
[1] For a borked TEMP / TMP folder:
If you used Disk Cleanup to free up space on your device and then see a Low Disk Space error, it’s possible that your Temp folder is quickly filling up with application (.appx) files that are used by Microsoft Store. To fix this problem, you’ll need to reset the Store, clear the Store cache, and run the Windows Update troubleshooter:
• To reset Microsoft Store, select Start >Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot, then scroll down and select Windows Store Apps from the list and select Run the troubleshooter.
• To clear the Microsoft Store cache, press the Windows Logo Key + R to open the Run dialog box, then type wsreset.exe and click OK. A blank Command Prompt window will open, and after about ten seconds the window will close and the Store will open automatically.
• To reset Windows Update, select Start > Settings > Update & Security > Troubleshoot, then scroll down and select Windows Update from the list, and select Run the troubleshooter.
• Reboot your computer and see if you are still experiencing the issue.
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Another possibility is your drive is flooded with Windows restore points from patching over time. It is nice to have the safety net there if something goes wrong with your OS install, but Microsoft doesn't do a great job of limiting the disk space for these restore point backups.
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I would check this, i.e. Windows Backup, as well.
Select Start > Settings > Update & Security > Backup
Depending on options, you will be amazed at how fast your HDD space gets eaten up by Backups and Restore Points.
My backups currently is sitting at 233 GB, which I have off-loaded onto a USB mass storage drive.
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That's actually one of the things that Disk Cleanup will show (and delete if chosen).
I, however, live on the edge and do not keep backups or restore points. I'm a wild man!
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I also am a fallow wild man, the edge is where it's at
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I accidently installed Star Wars Battlefront 2 on the C drive.. Might explain that high amount of data there 😅😬
Thank you all for the advice.
You are all awesome 😊
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I accidentally installed a virus on my SSD once, thankfully it was vaccinated.
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I have never done something like that.......Only cos I don't have a SSD lol