Sudden Loss of SSD Space

Keith Cheng

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Jan 23, 2014
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I have a Kingston HyperX 120GB SSD and about aweek ago when I checked the space, there was about 30-40GB left. Today, when I was searching in My Computer, it came up with 7GB left.

I do not remember downloading anything new or installing any large programs. Even if I did, I change all the installation directories to my D: Drive (Hard Drive) and redirect my libraries to my D: Drive as well.

When I searched windirstat, it came up with a folder called SysWOW64, which I have never seen before. Inside are a ton of dll files, some I have heard of, most I haven't. I found some more DLL's in the winsxs folder. All the DLL's on the SSD are taking up 17.7GB and I was just wondering if this is normal, in addition to any fixes or reasons for this issue.

Any replies are appreciated! I will provide any more information if needed.

EDIT: Running Windows 8
 

Keith Cheng

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The DLL's add up to 17.7GB, most of them reside in the winsxs folder. My SysWOW64 is 1.4GB.

Is it normal to have that many DLL's?



Thanks! The system protection shaved off 4GB's. I just don't understand how I could get 20GB of data in just a week.

I deleted pagefile from the options, does it mean I can delete the pagefile.sys from the ssd? It would shave off another ~12GB