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Files on SSD take up too much space, until restart.

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Hi, i have a problem with my SSD. When I download or move files to this SSD, a samsung ssd 849 evo 120 GB, they seem to take up a lot more space. E.g. i tried moving the folder with The Wither 3, which is about 50 gig, on my SSD that has 60+ gig of free space, but the space fills up while there are 20 more gigs of the game! The pace is restored after restart, at least most of it. Can someone help me resolve this issue?

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23 minutes ago, Colin Donoghue said:

How much ram do you have 

16 gigs of ram, no need for paging files.

Edit: probably was that, the system management for paging files is crap... I thought i set it to manual.

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This was a small part of the problem, apparently. still need help.

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Probably just temp files. Have you run CCleaner to clean up files? (you should also run the registry cleaner)

 

You can try to transfer it in parts by selecting just a few subfolders at a time to move.

 

Having said that, I wouldn't recommend you put the game on the SSD if you'd only have 10GB left afterwards. That leaves very little space for temp files, windows/game/program updates, page files, etc and could cause slowdowns if it runs out. Honestly, it probably won't make much of a difference vs loading it from a HDD, personally I'd just keep it on that.

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3 minutes ago, pyrojoe34 said:

Probably just temp files. Have you run CCleaner to clean up files? (you should also run the registry cleaner)

 

You can try to transfer it in parts by selecting just a few subfolders at a time to move.

 

Having said that, I wouldn't recommend you put the game on the SSD if you'd only have 10GB left afterwards. That leaves very little space for temp files, windows/game/program updates, page files, etc and could cause slowdowns if it runs out. Honestly, it probably won't make much of a difference vs loading it from a HDD, personally I'd just keep it on that.

Yeah. My Battlefront install and all my games run off of a 7200rpm WD Blue, and it takes a bit to load, but not so much you get really annoyed by it. 

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Also if you keep a solid state drive too full it'll increase write amplification, drastically cutting down the life of the SSD. So make sure you leave a good 10-15% free space at least, unless your drive is already overprovisioned.

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