My Computer reads 60gb's used, only 25gb's are used?

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

I have an intel 330m 120gb SSD. It's my boot drive and I have 1-2 games on it normally. Recently i noticed that I had used 80% of the space on it, so I took off all my games and what i consider non-essential apps. Now it says that 60.4gb are free of 111gb. However if i go into the drive, select all the files/folders in C:/ and check the properties, it says 25gb disk space used (which seems alot more accurate). Any ideas whats going on? this is my first SSD, I'm not hugely familial with them. Thanks.

mcnumpty23 · Mar 17, 2013

how much ram do you have?

the more ram the bigger the page file and hyberfil.sys file will be

imomun · Mar 17, 2013

When you go into drive select all files and see properties you see 25GB used because......
Theres some hidden files that you cannot see or select !
To view thwm you have to go control panel and then folder option than view - and than select show hidden files folder. Now go to drive again and you will see some semi visible files and some files that were not visible before. This is because windows hide system files and also some files can get installed as hidden.

Guest · Mar 17, 2013

AlphaRaveNZ :

It is probably very normal as your operating system has a lot of hidden files and folders taking up the room you see "missing". I recommend downloading a program called CCleaner http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner and run it's analysis and clean up the garbage it collects.

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

imomun :

Hi, thanks for your reply, I already had the hidden files 'unhidden' however.

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

Hi, thanks for your answer, I do have a 1tb hdd for all my other files, and I have run a disk clean up on the ssd so there are no 'junk' files. Also I have hidden files enabled as I replyed to the other answer refering to hidden files. They where all selected in the mentioned 25gbs. Again, Thanks for your answer!

JohnnyLucky · Mar 17, 2013

Have you done any Windows ssd tweaks? Have you changed the Windows page file and a few other files to prevent them from using up ssd space?

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

JohnnyLucky :

I have relocated my user file to my HDD, havent touched the page file.

Guest · Mar 17, 2013

AlphaRaveNZ :

Even though you may have hidden files viewable, many operating systems (in this case, I assume Windows) there are files and folders that are system reserved and not viewable with the built in file explorer, such as System Restore points. Also, Windows likes to stockpile backups from doing online updates as well. You should run disk cleanup and select the "Clean up System Files" option as well if you haven't. It may clear up some of those space hogging files as well.

mcnumpty23 · Mar 17, 2013

you still didnt say how much ram you have

if you have 16gb ram that would account for all the missing space

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

I do have 16gb ram, I cant seem to find the hiberfil.sys file though. And yes as i've said I have hidden files unhidden.

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

AlphaRaveNZ :

Even though you may have hidden files viewable, many operating systems (in this case, I assume Windows) there are files and folders that are system reserved and not viewable with the built in file explorer, such as System Restore points. Also, Windows likes to stockpile backups from doing online updates as well. You should run disk cleanup and select the "Clean up System Files" option as well if you haven't. It may clear up some of those space hogging files as well.

I do a disk clean up every few days and my restore points are saved on my HDD not my SSD.

mcnumpty23 · Mar 17, 2013

the 16gb of ram is your problem

lower your page file or move it to your 2nd hard drive and delete hyberfil.sys

and all your space will be back

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

Sounds like a good plan, I cant find the hiderfil.sys file. Can you tell me the path for windows 7? I've had a look myself, cant find it. Thanks

mcnumpty23 · Mar 17, 2013

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/920730

mcnumpty23 · Mar 17, 2013

be aware this will stop you using hibernate

but can still use sleep ok

AlphaRaveNZ · Mar 17, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

Thanks mate, 12gb of space recovered on my SSD.

mcnumpty23 · Mar 17, 2013

AlphaRaveNZ :

no problem

you can also lower the pagefile or move it to your 2nd drive if you want more space back

http://superuser.com/questions/237813/how-can-i-move-the-page-file-to-another-physical-disk-location

rus2 · Mar 18, 2013

mcnumpty23 :

AlphaRaveNZ :

no problem

you can also lower the pagefile or move it to your 2nd drive if you want more space back

http://superuser.com/questions/237813/how-can-i-move-the-page-file-to-another-physical-disk-location

With 16GB RAM why do you need a pagefile?????

mcnumpty23 · Mar 18, 2013

rus2 :

mcnumpty23 :

With 16GB RAM why do you need a pagefile?????

theres still some programs that play up if they dont find a page file

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