What is taking up my hard drive??

Mr Nohbody · Apr 18, 2015

My hard drive is 111 GB and I only have 17.2 GB freed up on it. I really wanna know what's taking up my hard drive space so I can get rid of it.

WyomingKnott · Apr 18, 2015

I always recommend downloading and running Windirstat as a first step. It gives a great picture of where storage is used.

Have you checked how large some of the major directories are? Maybe you just used up that much space. It's possible. Also, what OS are you using and how old is the machine? 111 GB sounds like a pretty old HDD.

Glaylath · May 4, 2016

WyomingKnott :

111gb does not mean a old hard drive, it means its a small amount of space. It could be a 111gb hard drive made in 2016. Do you even computer bro?

WyomingKnott · May 4, 2016

Welcome Glaylath. Let me explain a few rules of the forum. You should read up here http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2083488/read-forum-rules-styling-posts.html and here http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2668512/tom-forums.html .

First, we do not allow "necro-posting." If a thread has been inactive for four months or more, please do not post into it. It is unlikely to help the original poster, who is long gone.

Second, be polite. The forums do not allow personal attacks, although I'm having a hard time understanding if that was or was not due to the poor use of English.

Third, whatever "Do you even computer bro?" means, I probably do. And have done professionally for 40 years.

USAFRet · May 4, 2016

Glaylath :

"111GB" generally means an advertised "120GB" drive.

If this is a 'hard drive', as the OP states, that is pretty small and old.
120GB spinning platters haven't been mainstream in about a decade.

Now...if the OP actually meant a "111GB" SSD, that's a different story.

However...it is generally unwise to jump straight in with a comment like "Do you even computer bro? " All you see is letters on a screen. You have zero idea of who is behind those letters, or their experience.

jimmysmitty · May 4, 2016

Glaylath :

Most computers come with 500GB minimum these days. If it is a 120GB that would most likely lead to the fact that it is probably a much older HDD. Newegg does not sell any new 120GB HDDs and the cheapest one I could find was a $75 dollar Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 which is a very old HDD line as the last in that series was the 7200.15.

That does not even begin to matter considering that you decided to necro a thread a year old to post a snarky comment.

And yes, he does computer "Bro".

ssddx · May 4, 2016

the word computer is a noun and yet you used it as a verb. i suggest you go back to school.

this thread is over 1 year old - why did you feel the need to post nonsense here?

logainofhades · May 5, 2016

Considering the fact that he is also a Senior Moderator here, I would say he probably knows far more than you do, on the subject.

Kids today simply have no respect for their elders, and think they know it all.

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