Space is being taken up on Windows 7 NEED HELP

xX_Jesus4208gbram4tbhddbf369fps_Xx · Feb 17, 2014

My hard drive is having more and more space taken up every now and then, and I have no idea what is causing it. I have thought that the issue has been caused by an error with the pagefiling on Windows 7, but I'm unknown as to how that works. Whatever the cause may be, I need help.

My system is a Toshiba Satellite laptop.
Specs:
Operating System: Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit SP1
CPU: Intel Core i3 2330M @ 2.20GHz
RAM: 6 GB
Motherboard: Intel Corp. Base Board Product Name (CPU1)
Hard Drive: 56GB OCZ-VERTEX2 (SSD)

Windows 7 says my 40gb ssd has only 56mb of space left. All help is appreciated. Thank you

Alabalcho · Feb 17, 2014

Get a program like WinDirStat, execute is as administrator, and check where the space is going.

xX_Jesus4208gbram4tbhddbf369fps_Xx · Feb 17, 2014

I tried using the program but I'm completely unknown as to how to use it. It's a little intimidating.

kenrivers · Feb 18, 2014

Some things that will take up space include the hibernation file and system restore file(s). You might try deleting any old system restore points to free up some hard drive space. Another thing you can try is to run something like CCleaner (http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner) to free up space taken up by temporary Internet files.

xX_Jesus4208gbram4tbhddbf369fps_Xx · Feb 19, 2014

I ran CCleaner and only got 323mb of free space now. There's no restore points on my laptop.

Combatmed1 · Feb 19, 2014

Malware can also eat up your drive space...

Alabalcho · Feb 19, 2014

@xX-etc,
Make a screenshot of disk usage today, make another one tomorrow, compare screenshots - you will see which folder eats your hard drive.

xX_Jesus4208gbram4tbhddbf369fps_Xx · Feb 21, 2014

This is over the course of an hour or less on my laptop. I'm not sure what's causing this issue. I've used windirstat and found that the largest of the files is coming from the winsxs folder. I deleted the backups in there after supplying myself with the proper privileges to do so. That removed around 550mb of space which is what causes the huge difference between the first picture and the second. Gradually, the space that I have now is being taken up and I'm still not sure by what.

Alabalcho · Feb 24, 2014

xX_Jesus4208gbram4tbhddbf369fps_Xx :

You were supposed to make a screemshot from WinDirStat - it would show which folder is growin in size

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