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As you can see my C drive is basically full. I really couldn't find anything to remove. Any tips on how to reduce this would be great.

Also could I transfer my files to my D drive straight away.

 

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Download a program called ccleaner, free up some space, maybe not enough though.

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Just now, Si1veRYT said:

Download a program called ccleaner, free up some space, maybe not enough though.

Yea i have tried this but it doesn't free much space up. Could I hypothetically move my files to my d drive?

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1 minute ago, Crazymacc said:

Yea i have tried this but it doesn't free much space up. Could I hypothetically move my files to my d drive?

yes, depending on which files, dont move the os (obviously), im assuming that your c drive is an ssd, and your d drive is a hdd. if you have steam games install a program to move the game here: http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover . you will have to change the default library in steam. What files take up most of your storage? Programs, documents games?

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3 minutes ago, Crazymacc said:

Yea i have tried this but it doesn't free much space up. Could I hypothetically move my files to my d drive?

Why wouldn't you be able to move your files? It should be just that simple.

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1 minute ago, Si1veRYT said:

yes, depending on which files, dont move the os (obviously), im assuming that your c drive is an ssd, and your d drive is a hdd. if you have steam games install a program to move the game here: http://www.traynier.com/software/steammover . you will have to change the default library in steam. What files take up most of your storage? Programs, documents games?

https://gyazo.com/580b2af2e6eef41d80776735a9b3dfda

 

https://gyazo.com/ad3be47bd563fd9d2c91132ad39a4488

 

Thats literally it. I am just confused about how that could use so much  space.

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1 minute ago, Crazymacc said:

https://gyazo.com/580b2af2e6eef41d80776735a9b3dfda

 

https://gyazo.com/ad3be47bd563fd9d2c91132ad39a4488

 

Thats literally it. I am just confused about how that could use so much  space.

which specific folders are taking up the most space, theres a program called treesize which is very useful for showing size of folders and can analyze what takes up most storage

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12 minutes ago, Si1veRYT said:

Download a program called ccleaner, free up some space, maybe not enough though.

CCleaner should be used a final resort. 

 

6 minutes ago, Crazymacc said:

https://gyazo.com/580b2af2e6eef41d80776735a9b3dfda

 

https://gyazo.com/ad3be47bd563fd9d2c91132ad39a4488

 

Thats literally it. I am just confused about how that could use so much  space.

I see that you have a 'Rockstar Games folder', which to me says that you have games installed on that drive which may be hogging space. Also you have an 'Epic Games' folder hinting you have Fortnite installed as well. And Stearm, and Ubisoft... 

 

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"I really couldn't find anything to remove"

You also have a few editing program files for Boris FX & Adobe. Microsoft Office Suite & Avast Anti Virus also will take up a lot of space

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1 minute ago, EnergyEclipse said:

CCleaner should be used a final resort. 

 

I see that you have a 'Rockstar Games folder', which to me says that you have games installed on that drive which may be hogging space.

 

You also have a few editing program files for Boris FX & Adobe. Microsoft Office Suite & Avast Anti Virus also will take up a lot of space

I have a hdd and an ssd, i have the rockstar folder on my ssd but the game on the hdd. I dont think the game is installed there :)

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1 minute ago, EnergyEclipse said:

CCleaner should be used a final resort. 

  

I see that you have a 'Rockstar Games folder', which to me says that you have games installed on that drive which may be hogging space. Also you have an 'Epic Games' folder hinting you have Fortnite installed as well.

  

You also have a few editing program files for Boris FX & Adobe. Microsoft Office Suite & Avast Anti Virus also will take up a lot of space

I don't have the games installed, they are just the game launchers, not the games themselves.

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If I try to copy the files to my hdd and then delete them from my c drive it doesn't let me. It says the folder program files is in use, yet it is closed.

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It looks like you may have solved your problem. But in case this happens again, but not with CSGO stuff, you can change the location of your dekstop folder, documents folder, etc by right-clicking and going to properties>location. This can free up TONS of space, depending on use case.

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Just now, Eastman51 said:

It looks like you may have solved your problem. But in case this happens again, but not with CSGO stuff, you can change the location of your dekstop folder, documents folder, etc by right-clicking and going to properties>location. This can free up TONS of space, depending on use case.

Thanks very much, will do that too.

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