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Page files can get that big, go to system properties > check virtual memory settings.

 

Might also be worth checking your restore points/system protection as these take a % of drive space.

 

Also run a chkdsk as one of the issues this checks for is "freespace not correctly listed"

 

If you really want to see the files you can go into folder options and untick the "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" and you can see which fles are using the space. Never ever delete these file manually though, always find the setting page that allows them to get this big and change it.

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Whatup y'all

I've been trying to free up some space on C: drive until I realized that either I'm missing something or windows is high on w33d today, can someone explain this please? (screenshot below)

I didn't know 195-55=39... did 9+10 kid join microsoft?

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Page files and whatnot my friend. 

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Whatup y'all

I've been trying to free up some space on C: drive until I realized that either I'm missing something or windows is high on w33d today, can someone explain this please? (screenshot below)

I didn't know 195-55=39... did 9+10 kid join microsoft?

download and install WinDrStat

and see what are the different partitions of you c drive - It help me a lot :)

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You are checking at OS drive.

 

It contains PageFile which cannot be accessed by User side. So that it is not counting on the Properties window.

 

And also hell lot of system files that cannot be accessed by Users.

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You are checking at OS drive.

 

It contains PageFile which cannot be accessed by User side. So that it is not counting on the Properties window.

 

And also hell lot of system files that cannot be accessed by Users.

Can pagefiles and stuff get over 100GB? the phuck...

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You're not taking the fairy dust into consideration...

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Page files can get that big, go to system properties > check virtual memory settings.

 

Might also be worth checking your restore points/system protection as these take a % of drive space.

 

Also run a chkdsk as one of the issues this checks for is "freespace not correctly listed"

 

If you really want to see the files you can go into folder options and untick the "Hide protected operating system files (recommended)" and you can see which fles are using the space. Never ever delete these file manually though, always find the setting page that allows them to get this big and change it.

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Problem solved :D

Used windows clean up tool found in Control panel > System and Security > Free up disk space under Administrative tools, click on Clean up system files, wait for it to scan and then go to More options, under System restore and Shadow copies click Clean up and voila.
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