SSD Slowly Filling Up After Every Boot

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Hey Guys,

 

For the past 3 Boots of my PC, I've noticed that every time I boot, an extra gigabyte gets added onto my SSD. Three boots ago the SSD was filled with 89 gigabytes and currently, its 91.9 gigabytes.

 

This is a major issue, Windows SHOULD NOT do this every time it boots, the only time the SSD should fill up is when you actually store data on the thing.

 

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700K

CPU Cooler: be quiet Silent Loop 280mm AIO

MOBO: Gigabyte GA-z170x-Gaming 6 (rev 1.0)

BIOS: F22

RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 3000MHz (2x8/16GB)

Storage: Samsung SSD 960 Pro 512GB (Boot) and Seagate 2TB SSHD

OS: Windows 10 Home x64

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Update: It just went to 92.2 gigabytes...

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First step to solving this would be to find what is being written and where, then hopefully the answer to that will hint at the cause/source.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Right now, im manually installing KB4074588 (security patch). this update just came out. if it helps, I can't install any cumulative updates using windows update, it just gives me error code: 0x800f081f.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Restarting... be back.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

after that restart, its 93.5... my life.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Just moved quite a few files around. Now at 68.8

[dalekphalm]

On 2018-02-13 at 4:13 PM, JustAStrangeGeek said:

Just moved quite a few files around. Now at 68.8

Download “space sniffer” and run it with administrative privileges.

 

Take a screen shot and post here (use paint to black out any sensitive info/file names you don’t want us seeing *cough*porn*cough*). 

[JustAStrangeGeek]

1 hour ago, dalekphalm said:

Download “space sniffer” and run it with administrative privileges.

 

Take a screen shot and post here (use paint to black out any sensitive info/file names you don’t want us seeing *cough*porn*cough*). 

Yeah... was looking for a non third party solution. It might just be a bug in the windows settings as Magician states that the drive is not filling up.

[dalekphalm]

Just now, JustAStrangeGeek said:

Yeah... was looking for a non third party sollution. It might just be a bug in the windows settings as Magician states that the drive is not filling up.

Trust me, Space Sniffer should be part of any tech's toolkit. It's one of the most useful programs I've ever encountered.

 

It allows you to easily and quickly see large files and/or folders that are taking up space, where they are, and you can start drilling down into folders to see more details.

 

And it's all graphical, and easy to visually understand.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

3 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Trust me, Space Sniffer should be part of any tech's toolkit. It's one of the most useful programs I've ever encountered.

 

It allows you to easily and quickly see large files and/or folders that are taking up space, where they are, and you can start drilling down into folders to see more details.

 

And it's all graphical, and easy to visually understand.

You do realise that Windows has these exact feature built into the OS?

 

Go to Storage and left click on a drive. It will display all of the contents of the drive showing program size, the option to uninstall a program and the option to modify a program.

[dalekphalm]

19 minutes ago, JustAStrangeGeek said:

You do realise that Windows has these exact feature built into the OS?

 

Go to Storage and left click on a drive. It will display all of the contents of the drive showing program size, the option to uninstall a program and the option to modify a program.

Uhm... No. I don't think you understand exactly what this program does.

 

Not to say Storage Settings isn't useful. It certainly is.

 

But this:

Spoiler

 

Is not comparable with this:

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Storage Settings can show me some of this information, definitely.

 

But I can double click on any single folder you visually see there, and it'll blow that folder up, showing more detail.

 

I can, at the click of a button, go into more detail or less detail. I can do this continually, searching every part of the drive.

 

This will show all hidden system files, etc, and aren't always visible browsing File Explorer (unless you enable multiple settings), and it's much easier to see the larger picture, since File Explorer is limited to one directory at a time.

 

Certainly, Storage Settings is a vast improvement over, for example, the information that Windows 7 could give you. But we're talking about different leagues here - and, to some degree - different uses and purposes.

 

Edit: If you are a tech/computer enthusiast - especially if you do computer troubleshooting, and/or have an interest in working in IT, I seriously suggest you checkout the program. Give it a whirl. Sure, you won't need it all the time, but when you do need it, it's priceless:

http://www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer/download.html

 

There are other third party tools that perform a similar task, but I have yet to encounter one better than this.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

1 hour ago, dalekphalm said:

Edit: If you are a tech/computer enthusiast - especially if you do computer troubleshooting, and/or have an interest in working in IT, I seriously suggest you checkout the program. Give it a whirl. Sure, you won't need it all the time, but when you do need it, it's priceless:

 

If you are a tech enthusiast?!?!? How can you not tell by looking at my profile picture?

 

I find that offensive since I have been working with PCs since seven years-of-age. 

 

Oh... The amount of troubleshooting I have been through... Oh...

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Today when I booted my PC (twice), both Windows, Magician and CrystalDiskMark were reporting the same amount of used data stored on the drive. They were previously not reporting all the same values.

 

It may just be one of those Windows things that you have to deal with until they patch it. An example would be that glitch that prevented you from interacting with Windows after it booted, the only way to resolve this, was to reboot the PC. That glitch was going to make me punch a hole in my screen if MS didn't patch it. Luckily, since an update that I didn't document nor remember, the problem has stopped occurring with my daily driver.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Yeah, I don't feel comfortable sharing my file directory with the 'People's Rebublic of HTTPS'. I do understand that these exact files are on every Windows 10 PC, but I still don't feel relaxed about it, if you know what I mean. Especially if I miss to censor names/users.

[MSWindowsinside]

On 13/02/2018 at 9:31 PM, JustAStrangeGeek said:

-snip-

Use windirstat to see what's taking up this much space: https://windirstat.net/

[dalekphalm]

9 hours ago, JustAStrangeGeek said:

If you are a tech enthusiast?!?!? How can you not tell by looking at my profile picture?

 

I find that offensive since I have been working with PCs since seven years-of-age. 

 

Oh... The amount of troubleshooting I have been through... Oh...

No offense, but I make no assumptions about what kind of user you are. Also, simply being a member of "PC Master Race" does not make one a tech enthusiast by default. I know many people in "PCMR" that would be utterly helpless in an IT role.

 

Also, being able to do troubleshooting, while great, does not mean you're using the best tools available to you - especially if you've never heard of said tools before. Most of the best tools are third party, so the fact that it's not part of Windows is kind of irrelevant.

 

Look I apologize if you feel I'm being aggressive or unfair. This isn't an e-peen competition. I'm not trying to 'out "IT" you' or anything. I'm just showing you a kickass application, that is incredibly useful.

 

6 hours ago, MSWindowsinside said:

Use windirstat to see what's taking up this much space: https://windirstat.net/

A similar tool to Space Sniffer. Both are great, though I find Space Sniffer's UI to be easier to decipher.

[dalekphalm]

9 hours ago, JustAStrangeGeek said:

Yeah, I don't feel comfortable sharing my file directory with the 'People's Rebublic of HTTPS'. I do understand that these exact files are on every Windows 10 PC, but I still don't feel relaxed about it, if you know what I mean. Especially if I miss to censor names/users.

Then don't post a screenshot of your file directory? That's cool man. I respect your privacy and your right to want privacy. Use one of the tools yourself and don't upload the results, then. It'll still be useful to see in more detail what exactly is using up space.

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This is getting ridiculous.  As I said, literally the first step to solving this is finding out what is taking up the space.  You've been recommended two different excellent tools for the job and refused to use them for some inexplicable reason.  You can either use them and actually move on with the troubleshooting, or just keep taking blind guesses at to the problem.  Up to you.

[AshleyAshes]

13 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

This is getting ridiculous.  As I said, literally the first step to solving this is finding out what is taking up the space.  You've been recommended two different excellent tools for the job and refused to use them for some inexplicable reason.  You can either use them and actually move on with the troubleshooting, or just keep taking blind guesses at to the problem.  Up to you.

Not to mention his current plan is 'I hope Microsoft fixes it some day'.  So... This should play out well in the near future.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

Wow, the amount of notifications when I woke up.

 

4 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

No offense, but I make no assumptions about what kind of user you are. Also, simply being a member of "PC Master Race" does not make one a tech enthusiast by default. I know many people in "PCMR" that would be utterly helpless in an IT role.

 

Also, being able to do troubleshooting, while great, does not mean you're using the best tools available to you - especially if you've never heard of said tools before. Most of the best tools are third party, so the fact that it's not part of Windows is kind of irrelevant.

 

Look I apologize if you feel I'm being aggressive or unfair. This isn't an e-peen competition. I'm not trying to 'out "IT" you' or anything. I'm just showing you a kickass application, that is incredibly useful.

I was only joking, if anyone could possibly be offended by that, their idiots.

 

I also know a few people that are PC gamers and not so tech oriented.

4 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

Then don't post a screenshot of your file directory? That's cool man. I respect your privacy and your right to want privacy. Use one of the tools yourself and don't upload the results, then. It'll still be useful to see in more detail what exactly is using up space.

I will analyse the results myself and report back.

 

3 hours ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

This is getting ridiculous.  As I said, literally the first step to solving this is finding out what is taking up the space.  You've been recommended two different excellent tools for the job and refused to use them for some inexplicable reason.  You can either use them and actually move on with the troubleshooting, or just keep taking blind guesses at to the problem.  Up to you.

I never refused them, I have simply not tried them yet and do intend on doing so.

 

3 hours ago, AshleyAshes said:

Not to mention his current plan is 'I hope Microsoft fixes it some day'.  So... This should play out well in the near future.

If this is a bug in Windows, wouldn't you like to see them fixed? It is always greatly appreciated when companies fix bugs only certain users are having. After all, would you not prefer Microsoft's 1st party solution of fixing a potential bug over 3rd party tools? 

[AshleyAshes]

18 minutes ago, JustAStrangeGeek said:

If this is a bug in Windows, wouldn't you like to see them fixed?

'Like to see' and 'realistically expect to see' are two rather different things.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

2 minutes ago, AshleyAshes said:

'Like to see' and 'realistically expect to see' are two rather different things.

I am not saying that they will resolve it.

[JustAStrangeGeek]

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