70GB vanished?

[benji_]

So on my ssd I like to keep it above 100gb if just so there is always space, but after installing fallout76 to my hdd, 70 odd GB has gone from my sdd. You'd think that I'd installed fo76 to the ssd but I checked and its on my hdd. When checking properties of all surface folders they do not equate to 130gb. Anyone have a clue? Maybe cacheing of hidden files?

 

[benji_]

i have ran disk clean up aswell and nothing i didnt expect

[Electronics Wizardy]

run a program like windirstat to see what files ar eusing the space.

[TempestCatto]

Try using CCleaner to get rid of all them pesky temp folders.

[EchoBlue]

SSD in general wares out over time. 

You may want to get a new one to replace it.

[benji_]

On 1/13/2019 at 2:30 PM, EchoBlue said:

SSD in general wares out over time. 

You may want to get a new one to replace it.

ive had it for about 2 years, no problems with it atall, apart from this mysterious 70gb gone after installing fo76

[EchoBlue]

9 hours ago, benji_ said:

ive had it for about 2 years, no problems with it atall, apart from this mysterious 70gb gone after installing fo76

It is just facts I have read about SSD. You must have picked up a high-quality SSD for lasting you a long time.

[TempestCatto]

According to Bethesda's website you need

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Storage: 60 GB available space

In your case, this sudden loss of storage may just be temp files/folders. Run CCleaner to clear that out. I had once transferred almost 100gbs worth of data from one external HDD to another, and the hard drive in the PC that I used had suddenly lost almost 80gb of space. I had not transferred data to the PC's hard drive, only from one external drive to the other external drive. I had found out through another tech forum that it was just temp files. Ran CCleaner and got all 80gbs back. This is what makes me think you have a bunch of temp folders from the install.

[benji_]

On 1/16/2019 at 12:33 AM, TempestCatto said:

According to Bethesda's website you need

In your case, this sudden loss of storage may just be temp files/folders. Run CCleaner to clear that out. I had once transferred almost 100gbs worth of data from one external HDD to another, and the hard drive in the PC that I used had suddenly lost almost 80gb of space. I had not transferred data to the PC's hard drive, only from one external drive to the other external drive. I had found out through another tech forum that it was just temp files. Ran CCleaner and got all 80gbs back. This is what makes me think you have a bunch of temp folders from the install.

48MB of temp files

[seagate_surfer]

You probably have a folder that keeps track of Windows updates called "Windows, .old", I've seen it increase over time to 80GB (Yes, that's crazy!), I will paste some images as examples:

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The official way to delete Windows.old is through Microsoft's integrated disk cleanup utility. You can access it in different ways:

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Or 

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There, we go to the "Clean up system files" option.

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The disk cleanup utility will reload. Among the options, we will find the "Previous Windows installation(s)."

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Checking it, clicking OK, and confirming our action will delete Windows.old.

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[Yvette222]

check the hidden files and protected operating system files too.