CC Cleaner Issue (I think)

Tonytank · 12 Feb 2017 at 16:52

Hello all,

My current set up

Intel Core i5-4670K 3.40GHz (Haswell) Socket LGA1150
Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Intel Z87 (Socket 1150) DDR3 ATX Motherboard
TeamGroup Vulcan ORANGE 16GB (4x4GB) DDR3 PC3-19200C11 2400MHz
GeForce GTX 1070 GAMING X 8G 8192MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
Samsung 120GB SSD 840 EVO SATA 6Gbs Basic
Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gbs 64MB Cache
Corsair Vengeance C70 Midi Tower Gaming Case
Windows 7 Ultimate (64bit)

So this afternoon I installed CC Cleaner to free up some space on my HD. My windows drive (the SSD) has been sat at about 12/13 GB for some time so it seemed to make sense.

I ran CC Cleaner and free up about some space bringing it too about 19gb give or take. Lovely stuff.

I restart the PC and suddenly I am down to 3GB!! So I uninstall CC Cleaner and re start. Hey presto, back to 19GB after a restart. I restart again and boom, back to 3GB?

What on earth is going in? Is there something I missed here?

I currently have CC Cleaner unsintalled now but I am stumped as to what to do next.

Tonytank · 12 Feb 2017 at 16:53

I should add after the 2nd restart I re installed CC Cleaner, uninstalled it again and restart and again back up to 19gb.

What now?

nutcase · 12 Feb 2017 at 17:10

Sounds normal, garbage collection completed.

Tonytank · 12 Feb 2017 at 17:14

It's normal after using CC CLeaner to gain 7 gb, lose 16gb and then regain it after uninstalling and reinstalling CC Cleaner?

Destination · 12 Feb 2017 at 21:15

System restore, shadow copies, have you manually emptied this?
Is hyberfil on or off?
Where is the page file set to and what size?

These all by themselves or in combo, easily fill that amount as quickly as you can show info them.

nutcase · 13 Feb 2017 at 08:07

Tonytank;30496615 said:
It's normal after using CC CLeaner to gain 7 gb, lose 16gb and then regain it after uninstalling and reinstalling CC Cleaner?

Seen it do weird things like that loads of times with W7 tablets, yes. Except the uninstall and re-install CCleaner.

linktoinsanity · 13 Feb 2017 at 08:11

If you download Treesize Free, then it will tell you what is using the space, then we can go from there?

Tonytank · 13 Feb 2017 at 10:18

System restore, shadow copies, have you manually emptied this?
Is hyberfil on or off?

System restore is currently deactivated. Its seems that hyberfil is off and I don't know what a shadow copy is.

Where is the page file set to and what size?

Can someone give me a rough outline of how to check this?

If you download Treesize Free, then it will tell you what is using the space, then we can go from there?

Not a bad idea at all. I shall give that a try this evening and report back.

The weird thing is it seems to be this illusive 16gb that keeps re appearing and disappearing.

I have also noticed on my other drive 16GB is disappearing and reappearing. 214GB to 230GB and back again.

Very odd.

hughtrimble · 13 Feb 2017 at 10:41

Tonytank;30498171 said:
I have also noticed on my other drive 16GB is disappearing and reappearing. 214GB to 230GB and back again.

Very odd.

I know very little about these issues, but is it something to do with your paging file, which some people set to equal their RAM? If your RAM is 16GB that is...

Edit: Just seen your specs, and yes it is 16GB. Could be a complete red herring, but just an idea.

Tonytank · 13 Feb 2017 at 11:08

I know very little about these issues, but is it something to do with your paging file, which some people set to equal their RAM? If your RAM is 16GB that is...

Edit: Just seen your specs, and yes it is 16GB. Could be a complete red herring, but just an idea.

Certainly seems worth checking. How does one go about checking there paging file?

hughtrimble · 13 Feb 2017 at 11:14

Tonytank;30498345 said:
Certainly seems worth checking. How does one go about checking there paging file?

This guide should help: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/com...uters-performace-configuring-the-paging-file/

Let me emphasise - just a complete guess due to the 16GB thing!

linktoinsanity · 13 Feb 2017 at 13:33

hughtrimble;30498369 said:
This guide should help: http://www.online-tech-tips.com/com...uters-performace-configuring-the-paging-file/

Let me emphasise - just a complete guess due to the 16GB thing!

It's a good guess, Treesize should be able to confirm this.

Tonytank · 13 Feb 2017 at 18:59

I think we have a winner. 2 even.

Tonytank · 13 Feb 2017 at 19:03

The shame...

hughtrimble · 13 Feb 2017 at 19:34

Excellent. No shame! I didn't even know there was such a thing as a page file until I kept getting memory errors and games crashing - OcUKers saved the day on that one.

Tonytank · 13 Feb 2017 at 19:47

So whats the next step with the page file? Can someone walk me through it/give me some tips.

hughtrimble · 14 Feb 2017 at 10:46

Tonytank said:
So whats the next step with the page file? Can someone walk me through it/give me some tips.

I'd like to be able to add in the thread that I started about my issues which resulted in the page file recommendations, but the new forum layout doesn't seem to have the 'threads started by' thing anymore...

Have you tried setting the page file to auto? Your system then determines how large it ought to be. There may be a good reason for it being 16GB though, so hopefully someone rather more in the know will be able to help you out.

darael · 14 Feb 2017 at 12:04

Like me, you have 16GB of memory - I notice no issues at all using a 1GB pagefile. If you do start running into issues, slowly increase it. I can't remember why I use 1GB, but I think it's to do with dump files or I'd have it lower!

I also disable hibernation, which will save you 12GB.

linktoinsanity · 14 Feb 2017 at 14:07

I leave my page file at between 2-4GB, never have any issues. I would also disable the hibernation.