SSD eating itself

[SpaceBallzz]

I'm just copying and pasting this from tomshardware, I have the same topic up there....




I've had this problem since I got the PC, I've searched these forums for hours, seached youtube videos, googled all kinds of different terms to try to find an answer and it's just getting worse.

I have a 128gb SSD as my C drive.

There is currently 88mb free according to a windows warning and also the pie chart when right clicking on the C drive and going to properties.

If I drag a box over every single folder in the C drive and right click properties it says the combined total is only around 70gb, so where is my missing 50gb ?

I've tried deleting shadow files and it actually INCREASES the MB count. Before doing that and disk cleanup I had around 800mb and now it's 88mb.

Windirstat shows that only 70.6gb is being used.

I'm going to stop using this PC because windows is saying it's at risk of system instability.

It's going to a local PC shop if it isn't solved soon.

I don't think it should be relevant but I'll put it out anyway. I'm playing Skyrim and when I started modding it I had some issues so installed, deleted then re-installed Skyrim and a load of mods a few times over.

Hope someone knows! I'd be eternally grateful.



Sorry about the white boxes.

Edited March 19, 2017 by SpaceBallzz

[FMod]

It's not a SSD problem, it's a Windows problem.

Some folders are hidden, you won't see everything.

 

1) Run built-in disk cleanup. You may have 'recycle bin' and other junk files.

2) Run admin command prompt and enter "powercfg.exe /hibernate off"

3) Delete system junk like C:\Nvidia (for others, google if you should before deleting them)

4) Delete user junk like your Downloads folder.

5) Optional: Download PatchCleaner and run that.

6) Reboot and run disk cleanup again.

7) Optional: Compress all folders on your drive C: - just folders, never the root

 

Ask or google if anything was unclear.

I assume you've fixed the obvious. If you have stuff like games on your drive C: (steam library in default location), that's where the space went.

If nothing helps, 8) Refresh or reinstall Windows. It's the first thing most PC shops do anyway.