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Harddrive problem

  • 10-08-2010 11:17pm
    #1
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,810 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hi
    Last week I had 53.5gigs of free space on my hard drive,this went down to 40.5 today when I checked just now its 38.5,I have'nt installed anything heavy since starcraft 2 two weeks ago now and I defragged my drive the night before that,its seems to doing this alot lately,is it time to defrag again?


Comments

  • #2
    wolfric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,190 ✭✭✭wolfric


    Your game could be downloading updates
    Other such applications can be updating but that would account for a small proportion of size.
    Clear your recycle bin. Clean out download folders (ie one from browser).
    Clear your cache from your browser
    clear temporary files

    Uninstall old programs you don't need.

    Really when it comes down to it, is this an issue? There's nothing wrong with space being used and no defragging won't do much use if you've already done it recently. Unless you're really running out of space i wouldn't worry too much.

    If it really bothers you try googling a for a program to monitor the space or just go around and do it yourself manually. Take a note of program files and documents and settings (or users folder if you're vista/win7) and see how they change.


  • #3
    johndoe99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭johndoe99


    if your losing roughly 2gb a day you could have a nasty piece of spyware thats downloading data and filling your HD, download Spybot:

    http://download.cnet.com/Spybot-Search-amp-Destroy/3000-8022_4-10122137.html

    and give your PC a scan.


  • #4
    antocann
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭antocann


    dload ccleaner that will sort you out


  • #5
    RolandIRL
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,924 ✭✭✭✭RolandIRL


    try TreeSize Free to see what folders/files are taking up space.


  • #6
    billymitchell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,996 ✭✭✭✭billymitchell


    Might sound a bit left of field this question, but have you rebooted your PC in the last few weeks since you noticed this?

    I had a problem before where my PC would fill up with temp nonsense, and no program would pick up what it was. But after a reboot, my free space mysteriously reappeared.

    Just my two cents anywho


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  • #7
    quaidox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 400 ✭✭quaidox


    also if you are running vista then it's the system restore points filling your drive. you can turn system restore off to stop this happening.


  • #8
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,810 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    quaidox wrote: »
    also if you are running vista then it's the system restore points filling your drive. you can turn system restore off to stop this happening.

    How do I do this?


  • #9
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,810 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    ???????anyone?


  • #10
    degsie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,750 ✭✭✭degsie


    Sephiroth_dude wrote: »
    ???????anyone?

    Ahem...


  • #11
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,810 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    degsie wrote: »
    Ahem...

    :rolleyes:


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