Disks are full...

[Aaron_B]

So I own a 1TB HD and a 256GB SSD. I got 9 games installed, and some other software. This isn't more than 500GB.

But still, both disks are (almost) full. I don't understand how and why. My Recycle bin is empty, I got a program named CCleaner and clean my pc everyday. How much does it clean up? Maybe 1 to 2GB... 

I got a total of 12GB free space to work with. Does someone know what the problem is or what I can do?

 

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you can help me,

Aaron

 

[NelizMastr]

Could be malware. Run a full scan with malwarebytes.

 

Running a tool like treesize or windirstat to locate where the usage is coming from could also be of aid.

[it_dont_work]

Delete all that 4k porn. Seriously though last time I cleaned out my downloads folder I gained about 300gb, I had 24gb's of pdf's ffs.

 

But I'd second @NelizMastr's malware as a likelyhood.

[Aaron_B]

10 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

Could be malware. Run a full scan with malwarebytes,

 

Running a tool like treesize or windirstat to locate where the usage is coming from could also be of aid.

allright, so i just downloaded Windirstat, and i can see in Disk D that there is allot coming from backups... now what? 

[NelizMastr]

1 minute ago, Aaron_B said:

allright, so i just downloaded Windirstat, and i can see in Disk D that there is allot coming from backups... now what? 

If they're not actually important, delete them. Also check your Windows back-up settings (or file history as it's called nowadays if I recall correctly) and disable windows backup on your internal drive. Always back-up to an external drive if possible.

[Sir Asvald]

2 minutes ago, Aaron_B said:

allright, so i just downloaded Windirstat, and i can see in Disk D that there is allot coming from backups... now what? 

Get an external drive and store what you want as backup. That's what I do. So I don't keep on losing space on my main drives

[Nord]

1.) do what NelizMastr posted.

 

2.) at least for your C: drive.

Savegames, temp-files, pagefile etc. all takes up space.

For example if you play any bethesda games (skyrim, fallout), you will EASILY hug up several gigabytes on savegames and even more for mods just for that game alone.

Pagefile, depending on your available RAM can also easily take 20GB+ on your C: drive.

Further there is "windows system recovery", which depending on how it is set, also can take up several GB of space on C:

If you do video editing, most programs save your projects and such somewhere, which will also add up over time.

Windows does have a built-in drive-cleanup, which uses ways that CCleaner does not. Rightclick on your C: drive, choose "properties" and then choose "clean" or something in the likes, the button is below that diagramm of how much is used on the drive on how much is free.

In there you can delete alot of additional stuff and also can delete all windows shadow-copys & system recovery points, on the second tab on top, apart of the last one.

[Aaron_B]

2 minutes ago, NelizMastr said:

If they're not actually important, delete them. Also check your Windows back-up settings (or file history as it's called nowadays if I recall correctly) and disable windows backup on your internal drive. Always back-up to an external drive if possible.

So this is not a problem?

[NelizMastr]

Just now, Aaron_B said:

So this is not a problem?

You tell me. You enabled back-ups so you're the one that should know what has been backed up. You do the risk assessment here. If you're sure you don't need the data, destroy it. If you're not sure, grab an external HDD, copy the stuff over, then delete it from your D drive. 

[NelizMastr]

3 minutes ago, Nord said:

Windows does have a built-in drive-cleanup, which uses ways that CCleaner does not. Rightclick on your C: drive, choose "properties" and then choose "clean" or something in the likes, the button is below that diagramm of how much is used on the drive on how much is free.

In there you can delete alot of additional stuff and also can delete all windows shadow-copys & system recovery points, on the second tab on top, apart of the last one.

Windows Updates and dump files are massive space hogs.... I've cleaned so many gigs on client's PCs over the years.....

[Aaron_B]

14 minutes ago, it_dont_work said:

Delete all that 4k porn. Seriously though last time I cleaned out my downloads folder I gained about 300gb, I had 24gb's of pdf's ffs.

 

But I'd second @NelizMastr's malware as a likelyhood.

But i need that shit, for... uhhh..  educational purposes! 

[it_dont_work]

Just now, Aaron_B said:

But i need that shit, for... uhhh..  educational purposes! 

While I am a fellow education professional, I don't wanna know what in the unhollyness of hell your teaching dude.

[Aaron_B]

10 minutes ago, Nord said:

2.) at least for your C: drive.

Savegames, temp-files, pagefile etc. all takes up space.

For example if you play any bethesda games (skyrim, fallout), you will EASILY hug up several gigabytes on savegames and even more for mods just for that game alone.

Pagefile, depending on your available RAM can also easily take 20GB+ on your C: drive.

Further there is "windows system recovery", which depending on how it is set, also can take up several GB of space on C:

If you do video editing, most programs save your projects and such somewhere, which will also add up over time.

I own:

*Arma III

*CS:GO

*Dying light

*G-Mod 

*H1Z1

*The Crew

*Sims 4

 

Now tell me that that shit will take a whole disks D:

[Aaron_B]

1 minute ago, it_dont_work said:

While I am a fellow education professional, I don't wanna know what in the unhollyness of hell your teaching dude.

dude, but serious: I dont even own 1mb of porn. I wouldn't have downloaded it on the first place. Just watch and enjoy. I don't use my PC for that kind of things at all.

[it_dont_work]

Just start probing folders and at properties, see where the large data is

[Aaron_B]

Problem in Disk D: Backup Sets

Problem in Disk C: Dying light - Deleted it

[ANONYMOUS_POTATO]

Delete useless files or games that you don't play or delete programs you don't use. Scan your computer for malware and viruses with malwarebytes and defender. Clear out your download folder. Clear your browsers cache because that takes up room on your computer also.

[it_dont_work]

I'd delete all those backup files and make a fresh backup. I don't even use windows backup, everything I need is on an external disk, with another small sata drive mirrored from my ssd 2 times a year.

 

What you've got there, is multiple copies of old backup data one being a newer accumulation of the previous.

[Nord]

1 hour ago, Aaron_B said:

I own:

*Arma III

*CS:GO

*Dying light

*G-Mod 

*H1Z1

*The Crew

*Sims 4

 

Now tell me that that shit will take a whole disks D:

Never said nor even indirectly indicated that. However now I will say: you should put some effort into actually reading what people post if you ask for help allready, instead of just reading it wrong and then quoting it incorrectly and out of context.

 

 

 

Theoretically I was even correct in guessing its probably backup files, as 500GB of your D: drive is backups as you showed on the screen:

1 hour ago, Nord said:

Further there is "windows system recovery", which depending on how it is set, also can take up several GB of space on C:

 

1 hour ago, Nord said:

Windows does have a built-in drive-cleanup, which uses ways that CCleaner does not. Rightclick on your C: drive, choose "properties" and then choose "clean" or something in the likes, the button is below that diagramm of how much is used on the drive on how much is free.

In there you can delete alot of additional stuff and also can delete all windows shadow-copys & system recovery points, on the second tab on top, apart of the last one.

 

Also its mind-boggling to me why Dying light is on C: now when in your reply to me you made it assumable its on D: and even more so why that 18GB~ game with its maybe 50MB of userdata ended up being the cause of storage issues on C:, but w/e if it ended up fixing it, good for you.