Brand new SSD for OS and core programs mysteriously losing free storage capacity?

Artaekos

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Since having turned on and logged onto my computer since getting home from work, my new Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB SSD (C: Drive) has already gone from 190 available gigs to 188. The only things I have installed on this new hard drive are Windows 7, Chrome, nVidia drivers, and a few minor programs such as the software tools for my SSDs. I've noticed the Windows folder on this C: drive has gone from 16GB to 18 GB total...

Literally, the only thing I've been doing since reinstalling Windows is browsing with Chrome...

What do I need to do to stop this!
 
Solution
http://www.thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-ssd-optimization-guide-ultimate-windows-8-edition/
The SSD Optimization Guide Ultimate Windows 8 (And Win7) Edition

Artaekos

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To further expand upon the nonsense of this, I understand that a clean Windows install should only take up about 20GB... How is it then that my SSD, which had a total capacity of 238 GB after formatting/installing brand new, only has 188 GB free? Like I said, I've installed Windows, nVidia drivers, Chrome, some SSD utilities and maybe 2 or 3 other small programs/drivers...

This is silly.
 

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