SSD issue

olivier renault · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:09

all right. running treeview, my hybernation file is 6GB, my page file is 8GB. So there you go. free 14GB.

alterna88 · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:10

olivier renault said:
all right. running treeview, my hybernation file is 6GB, my page file is 8GB. So there you go. free 14GB.

Allright!! Tell me how to fix that!! lol

olivier renault · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:11

alterna88 said:
how?

Crickey... :confused:

Google? It's not rocket science.

olivier renault · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:14

http://www.tech-forums.net/pc/f128/ssd-tweak-guide-236563/

Disable Hibernate
Disable the Page File
Disable System Restore

Although I would not disable system restore out right, I'd move it to another drive (actually, a partition about 60-100GB on another drive).

same for the page file. and recycle bin. Hibernation has to go if you want to recover 6GB, and you cannot set it on another hard drive.

alterna88 · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:28

well did the disc clean up and it freed 4gb of space. The AppData is now 16.5 gb
Is there anything else I can do??

olivier renault · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:30

what is taking the space in the appdata.

alterna88 · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:36

Roaming foder is 15.25 gigs =(

alterna88 · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:39

in the Roaming folder there is ADOBE folder which is the culprit. Lol
It takes 15.2 gigs of space. Can it be deleted?

Idleman · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:47

alterna88 said:
in the Roaming folder there is ADOBE folder which is the culprit. Lol
It takes 15.2 gigs of space. Can it be deleted?

That will be CS5 related. no doubt. So NO.

Ollie1132 · 3 Jun 2012 at 19:53

jw can I use windirstat to delete pagefile.sys? or would this be a ridiculously bad endeavour?

GoogalyMoogaly · 3 Jun 2012 at 20:06

alterna88 said:
I said it in the original post I DON'T have anything in those those folders. All videos, music and images are on my D drive. So my documents folder is empty.

Ah yes, sorry, missed/forgot that bit.

As for the Adobe stuff, maybe there's an option in the program for the location of these files?
If not, would junction points be an option?

Idleman · 3 Jun 2012 at 20:15

Ollie1132 said:
jw can I use windirstat to delete pagefile.sys? or would this be a ridiculously bad endeavour?

http://ask-leo.com/can_i_delete_pagefilesys_what_is_it.html

I don`t see the point. My paging file is only allocated for use on my hdds, not ssd.

Ollie1132 · 3 Jun 2012 at 20:21

Ah I see Ill make it page to my external instead of my SSD.

olivier renault · 3 Jun 2012 at 20:57

there is something you can do for the adobe folder, if you cannot change settings within CS5, using the 'mklink /d' command. That's what the Steam mover application does.

Use at your own risk (i.e. do a backup of that folder somewhere on your HDD before relocating the folder).

olivier renault · 3 Jun 2012 at 20:59

Ollie1132 said:
jw can I use windirstat to delete pagefile.sys? or would this be a ridiculously bad endeavour?

btw, you won't be able to delete the pagefile. Only set page file settings to use another drive. Then the pagefile on C: should disappear after a reboot.

It's risky to put the pagefile on an external drive btw. I'd leave it on C: if you have no other drives and save the space elsewhere.

Energize · 3 Jun 2012 at 21:06

I'd just shrink the pagefile rather than move it to another drive, I have mine set to 1GB.

alterna88 · 14 Sep 2012 at 14:19

Just another question...
Time has passed and my Adobe folder in AppData/Roaming directory is still growing. My SSD where the os is installed is only 64GB, despite the fact that all the software like CS5 etc is installed on my B:/ drive, the roaming is still increasing.
I was thinking if I uninstall the Adobe CS5 can I delete Adobe folder from Roaming?
After checking my C:/ drive AppData is the heaviest folder there and the culprit there is Adobe folder. So just a thought of getting rid of the adobe cs5 completely, deleting that folder from there, can help.

Energize · 17 Sep 2012 at 15:43

Have you tried disk cleanup?