C:\ (main windows drive) Filling up and i don't know why

Stephen Crocetti · Feb 10, 2015

my C:\ drive is filling up and and in very confused.

as you can see in this picture, if i select every folder/file in C:\ it says there is about 67.9 gb in that drive http://i.imgur.com/D0PORth.png

but if i look at the properties of the actual drive, and not the files inside, it says 106 gb's are in that drive http://i.imgur.com/fb7aHUB.png

please help

USAFRet · Feb 10, 2015

System Restore points - reduce the allocated space
hibernation - eats drive space equal to your RAM size
pagefile - reduce it
other hidden files not normally shown

This is a 120GB SSD?

Stephen Crocetti · Feb 10, 2015

USAFRet :

yes, 120gb ssd

allocated space for system restore is only 3gb

hidden files are already enabled to be shown so that should not be it

could you give me some help on the pagefiile and hibernation tips?

USAFRet · Feb 10, 2015

Stephen Crocetti :

Disable hibernation:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/819-hibernate-enable-disable.html

Pagefile - turn it down to 1GB or so. But don't disable it completely. Some people have done that and seen no issues, but some applications will choke if they see zero page file

Also, install WinDirStat. That may help visualize where your space is going.

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C:\ (main windows drive) Filling up and i don't know why

Stephen Crocetti

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