Free space on C Drive diminishing by about 1.4 Gigs per minute!

Mr Davo · Sep 25, 2013

Hi Everyone,

I am running a relatively "high end" Windows 7 computer (with an i7 processor, 16 Gigs of DDR3 RAM, and a 250 Gig SSD) however for reasons that I have not yet been able to ascertain the free space on Drive C is diminishing by about 1.2 to 1.4 Gigs per minute (from boot up).

In an effort to fault find the issue I have turned off almost all startup programs, and monitored my task manager, however I cannot pin point the cause.

I have even considered the possibility that my original 120 Gig Corsair Force SSD was faulty, and because of this I replaced it with a 250 Gig Samsung 840 EVO SSD. During the replacement I simply cloned the contents of my old drive to the new drive using Samsung Migration software (and unfortunately the cause of the issue was also cloned!).

The following narrated screen capture video best describes the issue at hand -

Windows Hard Drive - Free space diminishing (High Def Available!)

If anybody has any suggestions on how to fix this issue they will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Davo

thor220 · Sep 25, 2013

Mr Davo :

Hi Everyone,

I am running a relatively "high end" Windows 7 computer (with an i7 processor, 16 Gigs of DDR3 RAM, and a 250 Gig SSD) however for reasons that I have not yet been able to ascertain the free space on Drive C is diminishing by about 1.2 to 1.4 Gigs per minute (from boot up).

In an effort to fault find the issue I have turned off almost all startup programs, and monitored my task manager, however I cannot pin point the cause.

I have even considered the possibility that my original 120 Gig Corsair Force SSD was faulty, and because of this I replaced it with a 250 Gig Samsung 840 EVO SSD. During the replacement I simply cloned the contents of my old drive to the new drive using Samsung Migration software (and unfortunately the cause of the issue was also cloned!).

The following narrated screen capture video best describes the issue at hand -

Windows Hard Drive - Free space diminishing (High Def Available!)

If anybody has any suggestions on how to fix this issue they will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Davo

So you found out that it's a software issue. Move any valuable data to a separate partition and re-install windows.

bigcyco1 · Sep 25, 2013

Also just to be safe try scanning it in safemode with Malwarebytes Anti-malware as well as a scan with a antivirus program.

Saga Lout · Sep 25, 2013

While doing the above, also keep an eye on the folder c:\windows\winsxs to see how it grows.

cuecuemore · Sep 25, 2013

Open Task Manager, select "Processes" tab, View menu->Select columns, check boxes "I/O writes" and "I/O write bytes", and see what's writing 1.4 GB/min.

Saga Lout · Sep 25, 2013

Nice one cuecuemore but may I add that he should tick "Show processes from all users" as well?

offroadguy56 · Sep 25, 2013

What if he left some video recording software running, like Hypercam or Bandicam.

cuecuemore · Sep 25, 2013

Saga Lout :

Good idea, didn't think of that because I run as admin with UAC completely deactivated. Not a setup I'd recommend.

Saga Lout · Sep 25, 2013

cuecuemore :

Saga Lout :

I do the same in Windows 7 although I use XP most of the time. In Windows 8, it would be fine up to a point but a spare account is necessary in case one of the ransomware threats hits. You need another way in to fix those.

Mr Davo · Sep 25, 2013

Hi Everyone,

I have followed the advice of cuecuemore and identified the process tracerpt.exe as the source of my issues. Please see the video below for more details - http://youtu.be/AGg0CTkfjto

Any further advice on how to stop this issue will be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Davo

Mr Davo · Sep 25, 2013

Hi Everyone,

I have fixed the issue by uninstall the PC Tools program called Registry Mechanic. Registry Mechanic appears to have been "over stimulating" the Tracerpt.exe process. After uninstalling Registry Mechanic and rebooting I had to manually delete the PC Tools folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\PC Tools). Doing this freed up about 100 Gigs, it seems that when the Registry Mechanic program is uninstalled the ridiculously huge, "whatever", file is not automatically deleted.

Thanks again for all of your help with this.

Kind Regards,

Davo

Saga Lout · Sep 25, 2013

Well done - you cracked it but just in case, run a system-wide search for the file and delete any that exist anywhere outside Windows folders.

You may also like to award cuecuemore the Best Answer to your thread.

bigcyco1 · Sep 25, 2013

Wow!That's odd. I use pc tools as well never had that issue.Glad you figured it out though.

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