SSD Space Vanishing?

[samuel]

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

[Max1000000th]

Right, running SpaceSniffer, but will likely take some time as I've been running it for 30 minutes and It just reached 54%. So, considering it is not far off midnight, I will post results in the morning. Thank you everyone who has helped so far and I hope the SpaceSniffer results are conclusive!

[Max1000000th]

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 :)

[Max1000000th]

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

[Max1000000th]

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

[orangecat]

Do a disk cleanup and remove temporary files. IMO 60GB is way too small for a boot OS because Windows 7 alone uses almost 20-25GB.

[Max1000000th]

Do a disk cleanup and remove temporary files. IMO 60GB is way too small for a boot OS because Windows 7 alone uses almost 20-25GB.

 

I've already solved the problem, plus in the original post I had said that I have done both of those. Plus, I have 31 GB free, so if you manage it well, it is easily enough space.