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Thought I'd write a more comprehensive answer for those who might be having the same/similar problem.

 

Now before doing this, make sure you have tried the following:

Remove the page file from the SSD.

Store almost every program on a HDD, not the SSD (especially if low capacity).

Do not defrag the drive.

Use CCleaner (or equivalent) very often.

Reduce Recycle Bin Allocation.

Disable file indexing.

Uninstall un-necessary programs.

Disable system restore.

Disable Hibernation.

 

If capacity is still a problem, then you might share the problem I had (and still technically have, but I am able to manage it now)

 

Basically, Windows for some reason is either keeping a cache or copy of my AppData in said folder (see below). Not sure why, and not sure how to fix it. In the end I just created a batch file with the following commands and placed it in the startup folder:

 

@ECHO OFF
CLS
RMDIR /Q /S C:\Windows\SysWOW64\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows
exit
 

Use at your own risk, but I haven't noticed any side effects as of yet, and by placing it in startup, it will mean that the folder should never get to big, as on every login, it will be cleared.

 

 

did you try space sniffer? run it as administrator and it should find those faulty files.

 

 

Right, thanks for the suggestion. SpaceSniffer currently sits at 67% and there is a windows folder called config that is eating 17.5 GB. I Investigated myself, and the problem seems not to be the config folder, but a subfolder called systemprofile. It has a back up of my app-data folder, which amounts to 28 GB. I haven't told windows to back this up, but seeing as it finds exactly the capacity I'm missing, I'm guessing this is the problem. I've linked a picture. After this post I will delete the folder and report back :)

 

 

I'm back and have good news!

 

For some reason, the AppData had been updated or something, and inside it was 28 GB in a windows folder, so I'm not sure if that is backed up AppData or and oddly placed windows Back Up.

 

Regardless, problem is fixed. I want to thank every one of you who have left comments and tried to help and have given advice. This is the first forum I have joined, and despite watching LinusTechTips for years, hadn't thought of joining, but thanks for making it a great experience. I am now wiser to the issue, If anyone knows how to stop windows from backing this up, feel free to post it in the thread or drop me a PM as I am very interested!

 

Thanks Again,

 

And until another problem,

 

Max

 

 

Hope this helps anyone with similar problems.

 

I will be putting this as the answer as I feel it is more comprehensive, but I have added the original as a quote.

 

Max

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Hi,

 

Thought I'd bring this to the forum despite how knowledgeable I think I may be, this is baffling me.

 

I have a 60GB Corsair Force 3 SSD.

I am running Windows 7.

 

Windows is displaying that I only have 3 GB of space left, but through multiple programs, I can see, Including system files, that I should have around 30 GB free.

 

I have done the following to try and make the situation better:

When I installed Windows 7, I instantly removed the page file from the SSD.

I also store almost every program on a HDD, not the SSD.

I have not defragged the drive.

I use CCleaner very often.

I have reduced Recycle Bin Allocation from 4 GB to 1 GB.

I have disabled file indexing.

I have uninstalled un-necessary programs.

I have disabled system restore.

I have disabled Hibernation.

 

Despite this, each day, it gets smaller and smaller.

 

What I was wondering is, could the drive be at the end of it's life, I've had it for less than a year, and I believe taken good care of it :)

 

I've heard that SSD's are meant to slow down and eventually stop working, and although the OS loads maybe 5 seconds slower than the fresh install of Windows 7, I think that is to be expected.

 

I was hoping you guys might have some clues why roughly 30 GB of space has vanished into thin air.

 

If not, should I get in touch with corsair and see if they can fix it?

 

Any suggestion appreciated.

 

Many Thanks,

 

Max

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I recently did some changes in windows because it always hold up free space for some stuff no one uses. So i got like 15gig extra space. I'll search it, wait a sec! :)

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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Hi,

 

Thought I'd bring this to the forum despite how knowledgeable I think I may be, this is baffling me.

 

I have a 60GB Corsair Force 3 SSD.

I am running Windows 7.

 

Windows is displaying that I only have 3 GB of space left, but through multiple programs, I can see, Including system files, that I should have around 30 GB free.

 

I have done the following to try and make the situation better:

When I installed Windows 7, I instantly removed the page file from the SSD.

I also store almost every program on a HDD, not the SSD.

I have not defragged the drive.

I use CCleaner very often.

I have reduced Recycle Bin Allocation from 4 GB to 1 GB.

I have disabled file indexing.

I have uninstalled un-necessary programs.

I have disabled system restore.

I have disabled Hibernation.

 

Despite this, each day, it gets smaller and smaller.

 

What I was wondering is, could the drive be at the end of it's life, I've had it for less than a year, and I believe taken good care of it :)

 

I've heard that SSD's are meant to slow down and eventually stop working, and although the OS loads maybe 5 seconds slower than the fresh install of Windows 7, I think that is to be expected.

 

I was hoping you guys might have some clues why roughly 30 GB of space has vanished into thin air.

 

If not, should I get in touch with corsair and see if they can fix it?

 

Any suggestion appreciated.

 

Many Thanks,

 

Max

It sounds like you have the other space partitioned

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winsxs folder just fills the harddrive (the max i saw was 50gigs on a year old install) and you shouldnt delete that folder

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Windows 8 played that trick on me. 250GB SSD, 90GB used and .. full :o

 

Turned out to be the indexing service.

There was a 150GB file at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows called Windows.edb

 

I meanwhile turned the service off.

He said that he already tried disabling the indexing service

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Windows 8 played that trick on me. 250GB SSD, 90GB used and .. full :o

 

Turned out to be the indexing service.

There was a 150GB file at C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows called Windows.edb

 

I meanwhile turned the service off.

 

Hmmm, unfortunately mine is only 41 MB.

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You could

1. Disable Page files and

2. Disable Hibernate and delete the hiberfil.sys

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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Already done that :)

 

Then deinstall all the crap you got on your ssd! :D

Gaming HTPC:

R5 5600X - Cryorig C7 - Asus ROG B350-i - EVGA RTX2060KO - 16gb G.Skill Ripjaws V 3333mhz - Corsair SF450 - 500gb 960 EVO - LianLi TU100B


Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


Boss-NAS [Build Log]:
R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

Synology-NAS:
DS920+
2x4TB Ironwolf - 1x18TB Seagate Exos X20

 

Audio Gear:

Hifiman HE-400i - Kennerton Magister - Beyerdynamic DT880 250Ohm - AKG K7XX - Fostex TH-X00 - O2 Amp/DAC Combo - 
Klipsch RP280F - Klipsch RP160M - Klipsch RP440C - Yamaha RX-V479

 

Reviews and Stuff:

GTX 780 DCU2 // 8600GTS // Hifiman HE-400i // Kennerton Magister
Folding all the Proteins! // Boincerino

Useful Links:
Do you need an AMP/DAC? // Recommended Audio Gear // PSU Tier List 

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That was one of the programs I did try, came in at 26.8 GB Used, so there would still be around 29 GB free.

That made me scratch my head. It's really weird.

I kicked Google and this fell out: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=111453

Somebody has a similar problem and WinDirStat spat out the same info. He then ran it again as admin and only then did it show all the used space.

For him it was the index files.

Mayhap try the admin mode and see if it changes anything. That issue is rather weird.

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That made me scratch my head. It's really weird.

I kicked Google and this fell out: http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?t=111453

Somebody has a similar problem and WinDirStat spat out the same info. He then ran it again as admin and only then did it show all the used space.

For him it was the index files.

Mayhap try the admin mode and see if it changes anything. That issue is rather weird.

 

If you mean running WinDirStat in admin mode, it gets to around 9 seconds, then freezes while doing the windows folder. Maybe my SSD came with a black hole :D

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