Free space in Windows partition


  1. Posts : 27
    Win 7
       #1

    Free space in Windows partition


    Hi everyone,


    First of all excuse my future mistakes and if I posted in wrong forum section. Secondly, I currently have 836 MB free in Windows particion, C:, which overall has 24.4 GB. The problem is that when i select all folders and files from C: and i check properties to view size of them, all together have 13.4 GB. So I am missing 8GB from partition.
    Other strange thing is that, for example,when i woke up i had 1.06GB free in C:, and now (after ~30 mins) I refreshed to check free space again, and I have only 836 MB. So what happened? How is possible that?

    I have to mention that backup files are stored in E:. I have no ideea what is happening here. Where are my 8GB and most important how is possible to have different amount of size in same particion without installing/uninstalling any program.


    crynowbv,
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 28,845
    Win 8 Release candidate 8400
       #2

    crynowbv said:
    Hi everyone,


    First of all excuse my future mistakes and if I posted in wrong forum section. Secondly, I currently have 836 MB free in Windows particion, C:, which overall has 24.4 GB. The problem is that when i select all folders and files from C: and i check properties to view size of them, all together have 13.4 GB. So I am missing 8GB from partition.
    Other strange thing is that, for example,when i woke up i had 1.06GB free in C:, and now (after ~30 mins) I refreshed to check free space again, and I have only 836 MB. So what happened? How is possible that?

    I have to mention that backup files are stored in E:. I have no ideea what is happening here. Where are my 8GB and most important how is possible to have different amount of size in same particion without installing/uninstalling any program.


    crynowbv,
    It could be:
    A restore point or backup
    Index
    Page file or hibernate file (which grow in size)
    Or hidden files and folders.

    25 gigs is a very small partition for win 7 especially if you have media or are 64bits

    Me current win 7 Partition is 40 gigs and I have no media on that partitions, and am 32 bits.


    Ken J
      My Computer


  3. Posts : 1,036
    Winbdows 7 ultimate x64 | Ubuntu 12.04 x64 LTS
       #3

    crynowbv said:
    Hi everyone,


    First of all excuse my future mistakes and if I posted in wrong forum section. Secondly, I currently have 836 MB free in Windows particion, C:, which overall has 24.4 GB. The problem is that when i select all folders and files from C: and i check properties to view size of them, all together have 13.4 GB. So I am missing 8GB from partition.
    Other strange thing is that, for example,when i woke up i had 1.06GB free in C:, and now (after ~30 mins) I refreshed to check free space again, and I have only 836 MB. So what happened? How is possible that?

    I have to mention that backup files are stored in E:. I have no ideea what is happening here. Where are my 8GB and most important how is possible to have different amount of size in same particion without installing/uninstalling any program.


    crynowbv,
    In addition, The part in red could be due to high amount of write activities by the running programs.
    Use Piriform - Download CCleaner, Defraggler, Recuva, Speccy - Millions of users worldwide!ccleaner/download to delete unnecessary/junk files.
    Also, have a look at the tutorials below:
    Disk Cleanup - Open and Use
    Disk Cleanup : Extended

    Disk Usage info tool- WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics

    Also, run a full scan with Malwarebytes
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 27
    Win 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Problem solved. Seems i had over 11 GB of junk files (omg). Thank you both.


    crynowbv,
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 1,036
    Winbdows 7 ultimate x64 | Ubuntu 12.04 x64 LTS
       #5

    Very Well. Do remember cleaning up those junk/temporary files regularly.
      My Computer


 

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