Storage on SSD

[w8kdrifter]

Recently got a message on Windows 10 that my hard drive is running low on space. Looked at my Samsung SSD "magician" software and it confirmed I have about 0.36GB of space left out of 465 GB usable space. I was curious as to what is eating up all of my storage so I looked to pictures, documents, downloads, music - those 4 combined are 170 GB when I right click "properties". When I look at the C: drive in total it states 310 GB storage used. Where is all of my data being used if not in these areas? I have a 500 GB HDD and a 2.0TB HDD (in addition to SSD) with data on them but they shouldn't be using much, if any, space on my SSD, right? Not even sure where to begin deleting files to free up space...I have a lightroom catalog that is about 1.5 GB, which I thought would be a lot bigger. Looking for some help. If you need more information please let me know...

 

Follow up question out of curiosity, why would the C: drive storage and the Samsung Software not match up? 

 

Clearly I am missing something here...

 

 

[Daniel644]

do you have any other partitions on the drive? or Restore points, i'd put money on Restore Points based on the amount of data written.

[NTDaws]

Might be some backup partitions setup.

[w8kdrifter]

2 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

do you have any other partitions on the drive?

Perhaps? 

[johnno124]

5 minutes ago, w8kdrifter said:

Recently got a message on Windows 10 that my hard drive is running low on space. Looked at my Samsung SSD "magician" software and it confirmed I have about 0.36GB of space left out of 465 GB usable space. I was curious as to what is eating up all of my storage so I looked to pictures, documents, downloads, music - those 4 combined are 170 GB when I right click "properties". When I look at the C: drive in total it states 310 GB storage used. Where is all of my data being used if not in these areas? I have a 500 GB HDD and a 2.0TB HDD (in addition to SSD) with data on them but they shouldn't be using much, if any, space on my SSD, right? Not even sure where to begin deleting files to free up space...I have a lightroom catalog that is about 1.5 GB, which I thought would be a lot bigger. Looking for some help. If you need more information please let me know...

 

Follow up question out of curiosity, why would the C: drive storage and the Samsung Software not match up? 

 

Clearly I am missing something here...

 

you are looking at the users directory rather than the C:\ Drive

[Daniel644]

1 minute ago, w8kdrifter said:

Perhaps? 

not enough in the partitions to make up that difference, what about Restore Points?

[w8kdrifter]

1 minute ago, johnno124 said:

you are looking at the users directory rather than the C:\ Drive

Gotcha. Is this the C:here: 

 

 

[johnno124]

Just now, w8kdrifter said:

Gotcha. Is this the C:here: 

 

 

there must be one of the programs in program files or program files (x86) that is taking up the rest of the space

[Daniel644]

how much RAM do you have, if you didn't disable hybernation the Pagefile could account for how ever many gigs of RAM you have.

[w8kdrifter]

Just now, johnno124 said:

there must be one of the programs in program files or program files (x86) that is taking up the rest of the space

How do I look to find out? 

[w8kdrifter]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

how much RAM do you have, if you didn't disable hybernation the Pagefile could account for how ever many gigs of RAM you have.

I have 16GM DDR4 RAM

[johnno124]

you can check programs and features in control panel then find large applications and see if they are installed on your C:\ drive

 

[w8kdrifter]

2 minutes ago, johnno124 said:

you can check programs and features in control panel then find large applications and see if they are installed on your C:\ drive

 

Wow, ok. When I right click, properties on the programs files x86 it states 83.4 GB. Is that in addition to what the C: drive is showing when I right click properties? 

 

Sorry to be so basic but this is getting out of my "know how" area. 

[Daniel644]

5 minutes ago, johnno124 said:

there must be one of the programs in program files or program files (x86) that is taking up the rest of the space

also don't forget the Hidden Files like in the AppData.

[johnno124]

Just now, w8kdrifter said:

Sorry to be so basic but this is getting out of my "know how" area. 

we are all here to help one another

[johnno124]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

also don't forget the Hidden Files like in the AppData.

yeah but not many applications store large files in them, 

[w8kdrifter]

1 minute ago, johnno124 said:

we are all here to help one another

Looks like "Steam" is taking up a huge amount of data...77.3 GB. I downloaded the latest version of DOOM...

[Daniel644]

9 minutes ago, w8kdrifter said:

Gotcha. Is this the C:here: 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, w8kdrifter said:

Wow, ok. When I right click, properties on the programs files x86 it states 83.4 GB. Is that in addition to what the C: drive is showing when I right click properties? 

 

Sorry to be so basic but this is getting out of my "know how" area. 

this total of C drive includes the 83.4GB, so combine that with the 310 from the other one and that gets you closer. REALLY need to make sure you've turned off the PageFile and System Restore as those waste a LOT of writes on the SSD.

 

In the Samsung Software go to OS Optimization and select Maximum Reliability and Apply then do a Disk Cleanup and see how much space you free up.

[johnno124]

well i would reccomend moving it to your HDD unless you benifit from slightly faster loading times. you can do it through steam

[w8kdrifter]

Just now, Daniel644 said:

 

this total of C drive includes the 83.4GB, so combine that with the 310 from the other one and that gets you closer. REALLY need to make sure you've turned off the PageFile and System Restore as those waste a LOT of writes on the SSD.

 

In the Samsung Software go to OS Optimization and select Maximum Reliability and Apply then do a Disk Cleanup and see how much space you free up.

That won't delete anything that I need to have such as music, pics, downloads, music etc...will it? 

[Daniel644]

3 minutes ago, johnno124 said:

yeah but not many applications store large files in them, 

Outlook used to store files there and if you use it and are like my Boss who has 20GB worth of EMAILS it can.

[Daniel644]

Just now, w8kdrifter said:

That won't delete anything that I need to have such as music, pics, downloads, music etc...will it? 

NO, it just clears Restore Points and the Pagefile, no actual DATA gets deleted and clearing the Recycle Bin just clears stuff you've already deleted and some other junk files.

[w8kdrifter]

37 minutes ago, johnno124 said:

well i would reccomend moving it to your HDD unless you benifit from slightly faster loading times. you can do it through steam

How do I do this? I played around in Steam but did not see where to change where it is saved...

 

Hold on...just found a site that shows me...