Windows 10 - New install and Drive full?

DoubleCheese · 7 Jul 2017 at 22:50

I've a 250Gb SSD in my main PC and it's only a few months old, with an install of Windows 10. Its been working great the whole time.

A few days ago I just installed CrashPlan to backup some internal discs and I use AllwaySync to replicate a couple of folders to external discs.

This evening I noticed the OS drive was out of space and a Windows warning popped up about low space. Somehow 180Gb+ of SSD space has been taken up somewhere.

Any ideas?

DoubleCheese · 7 Jul 2017 at 22:54

Hmm... a restart seems to have cleared it? I hadn't switched of for a week or two, just used Sleep. I guess there was data cached to the SSD?

Doogles · 8 Jul 2017 at 00:41

It might have been sleep, do you have system restore on? Maybe that is hogging the space, I've had that happen before.

Sabitech · 8 Jul 2017 at 09:16

I love to use windirstat to check what is eating up hdd space, very clear, gui and very informative

binaryman · 11 Jul 2017 at 11:02

I love to use Directory Report to find disk space hogs. Run as an Administrator - that way it can find hidden files

Sabitech · 11 Jul 2017 at 11:20

not a fan of that one as you have to pay for it and it slates windirstat for having 'confusing coloured blocks' but actually it also has a directory view too.

Disco_P · 11 Jul 2017 at 16:33

As above use Windirstat or Spacesniffer.

I prefer SpaceSniffer cause the logo is a dog with a deerstalker hat.

linktoinsanity · 12 Jul 2017 at 16:58

Treesize Free works well too.