Something is taking up space in my hard drive. How can I clear that space?

[just_someone]

Recently doe to some issues my computer had I was forced to restore my PC, after restoring I noticed almost all my applications where deleted (even though I choose the keep all my files option) even though almost all my applications are gone I only have 500gb out of 1T, is there a way to find and delete the files occupying the rest of my hard drive?

 

[moxman888]

What issues were you experiencing? Could they be related to what happened?

 

[Colif]

When you reset your PC it deletes all your applications, keeping files just means it kept your library folders like documents, music, images, movies, and possibly downloads.

Use this to see whats eating your space: https://windirstat.info/

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there just_someone,

I would totally agree with Colif. You can use some disk space analyzing tool in order to see what is taking up the space.

Apart from that, you can delete previous restore points and reduce the space allocated for system restore.
Check this tutorial out: http://www.howtogeek.com/125923/7-ways-to-free-up-hard-disk-space-on-windows/

Cheers,
D_Know_WD