My hard drive's free space is being reduced without a reason.

venom0706 · Jun 27, 2013

Hello.I am with Windows 7 Ultimate (I have a laptop), and I recently noticed that the free space in Disk C (the one with the OS) is being reduced slowly without me having downloaded or installed anything there.Do you have any idea what the reason might be?

Edit:I downloaded CCleaner and removed unnecessary files.I also made a Disk Cleanup and deleted temp files as well.Now mY free space in C was increased slightly.Any idea why this is happening?Before I used Windows 7 Home Premium and didn't have this issue.Now I am using Windows 7 Ultimate and suddenly this happens.

olin9 · Jun 27, 2013

Temp internet files, windows hibernation, Window restore, Windows update,pagefile and antivirus software can all decrease your free space. Unless you are close to a full HD, there is no issue.

venom0706 · Jun 27, 2013

Sure, but this means that after some time my HD will eventually get full.Do i constantly have to do the methods I described in order everything to be OK?

olin9 · Jun 27, 2013

Your HD should not fill up at a constant rate. Each item listed has a max limit, except for Windows update.

spooky2th · Jun 27, 2013

You can get rid of system files and backup & restore snapshots of your comp with Windows Disk Cleanup, safely.

lonewolf7 · Jun 27, 2013

I think the majority of free space is taken by windows update backup files. If your system is stable, than delete the backup files, no harm will be done. And you will gain a GB or two.

olin9 · Jun 27, 2013

You can also turn off Windows hibernation if it is not needed. That should give you back 10GB+.

venom0706 · Jun 27, 2013

I noticed it again.Even after I re-installed the OS, this issue continues to do.At some random points the space is reduced.And what do you mean that the files have a certain limit to take?I mean, the disk continues to get filled and it doesn't stop at any point.

venom0706 · Jun 28, 2013

Can someone please answer me?I don't know what to do?Can you recommend me a free virus scanner so I can check my laptop for viruses?Maybe that's the issue.

lonewolf7 · Jun 28, 2013

http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

http://www.bitdefender.com/scanner/online/free.html

http://www.eset.com/us/online-scanner/

I don't think it's a virus issue especially after the clean install of OS. BTW did you reinstall/repair install or clean install the OS.

venom0706 · Jun 28, 2013

Yes, I did a clean re-install.I even changed the web browser from Google Chrome to Mozzilla Firefox.Still nothing.Don't know what to do anymore.

venom0706 · Jun 28, 2013

Yes, I did a clean re-install.I even changed the web browser from Google Chrome to Mozzilla Firefox.Still nothing.Don't know what to do anymore.

lonewolf7 · Jun 29, 2013

Did you check the drive's health with manufacturers tool?

olin9 · Jul 1, 2013

How big is your HD? It would help if we had some numbers to work with.
Size.
Free space after install. Free space after one day and so on.

Davi Jovencio · Jul 20, 2013

Do you have Google Earth installed?

I had the same mysterious problem in my PC. It was actually Google Earth accumulating an enormous amount of files in a hidden folder (almost 420Gb when I discovered it). If you have Google Earth, do the following: First go to the "Appearance and personalization" folder in the "Control Panel". Then, in "Folder Options" look for the option that allow Windows to show hidden files.

Now, in your "User" folder (the one that have the images, downloads and documents folders) you will find a previously unseen folder called "AppData". Here is the path you must follow "AppData">"LocalLow">"Google">"Google Earth">"unified_cache_leveldb_leveldb2". Delete everything in this folder, and your hard disk space will come back to normal.

Sorry for the bad English, not my first language.

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