Solved SSD space is disappearing. Troublshooted almost everything already.

[SNsCPU]

I think they are rolled up into one under the "Junk Files Cleaner" in the free version.

Found it, thanks.

All items found are tiny-- half a MB or less for most of them.

 

[karlsnooks]

Ok guys. I'll point you to a valuable tool in such cases:

RESMON.EXE

 

[SNsCPU]

Ok guys. I'll point you to a valuable tool in such cases:

RESMON.EXE

Sure, but does it blend?

 

[karlsnooks]

It will also puree

 

[SNsCPU]

How can I get it to do such things?

 

[karlsnooks]

Go to basic cooking school: WIN + F1 key combo | type Resource Monitor

WIN is the key with the microsoft flag on top.

 

[SNsCPU]

Go to basic cooking school: WIN + F1 key combo | type Resource Monitor

WIN is the key with the microsoft flag on top.

Someone from my other forum suggested I open it up as well, but never got around to getting back to me as to using it.

When I have it open, what am I looking for? This was the part I was referring to. Getting it open was within my limited skill .

 

[karlsnooks]

Knowledge, my friend, Knowledge!

 

[pooch]

Hello SNsCPU, can you confirm that you have trim enabled?

To enable TRIM, start a Command Prompt window (in Administrator mode, type “CMD” in the Search bar from the Windows Start Menu) and
enter the following command:fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0


How do I know if TRIM is working in Windows 7?[/size]

To check if trim is working open the Elevated command Prompt window, type the following: fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

Results explained below:
DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

When windows deletes files on a SSD they are marked for deletion but not actually deleted until trim does its job, this is not a problem for windows as it knows that the files have been marked for deletion. When another program looks at your SSD it may see the undeleted files and misreport the space and this is what I believe is happening here.

With trim enabled log off and leave the PC alone for approximately 2 hours the first time and thereafter one hour a week This will give the trim command time to work and free up the space on your SSD.

Even with trim working, because of the way it deletes blocks on the drive there will always be some unerased cells on the drive.

Have a look here for a more complete explanation; How to Enable TRIM Support for Your SSD « Corsair® Blog

 

[SNsCPU]

Hello SNsCPU, can you confirm that you have trim enabled?

To enable TRIM, start a Command Prompt window (in Administrator mode, type “CMD” in the Search bar from the Windows Start Menu) and
enter the following command:fsutil behavior set disabledeletenotify 0


How do I know if TRIM is working in Windows 7?[/size]

To check if trim is working open the Elevated command Prompt window, type the following: fsutil behavior query disabledeletenotify

Results explained below:
DisableDeleteNotify = 1 (Windows TRIM commands are disabled)
DisableDeleteNotify = 0 (Windows TRIM commands are enabled)

When windows deletes files on a SSD they are marked for deletion but not actually deleted until trim does its job, this is not a problem for windows as it knows that the files have been marked for deletion. When another program looks at your SSD it may see the undeleted files and misreport the space and this is what I believe is happening here.

With trim enabled log off and leave the PC alone for approximately 2 hours the first time and thereafter one hour a week This will give the trim command time to work and free up the space on your SSD.

Even with trim working, because of the way it deletes blocks on the drive there will always be some unerased cells on the drive.

Have a look here for a more complete explanation; How to Enable TRIM Support for Your SSD « Corsair® Blog

TRIM is currently enabled. I'll log off and see what happens in a few hours. I hope this is the money maker!

Thanks for all the help everyone!

Edit: Out of curiosity, is TRIM something that should already be enabled by default for SSD's or would users always need to enable this manually? I'm just asking because if the former, no way I would have known how to disable it, even if by mistake!

 

[SNsCPU]

Was away for around 5 hours, no change. Still losing drive space rapidly. I've lost around 600MB since last night when I got rid of the hiberfil system file.

 

[marsmimar]

Found another forum thread pertaining to missing disk space. Someone with a 160GB SSD was missing almost 100GB free space. Determined it had something to do with Windows Media Player art cache. Once deleted it freed up about 78GB.

Losing freespace on SSD X25-M 160GB G2

 

[SNsCPU]

Found another forum thread pertaining to missing disk space. Someone with a 160GB SSD was missing almost 100GB free space. Determined it had something to do with Windows Media Player art cache. Once deleted it freed up about 78GB.

Losing freespace on SSD X25-M 160GB G2

Thanks for digging that up for me. Unfortunately, that's not the culprit. No folder exists.

Reading through, the OP in that thread caught it through Treesize file. My case is bizarre because all 3rd party programs AREN'T detecting all this missing space.

Since my last post 3 hours ago, I've lost an additional 100MB.

 

[profdlp]

Sorry if I may have missed it, but have you run a disk check on the drive?

 

[SNsCPU]

Sorry if I may have missed it, but have you run a disk check on the drive?

Have not, but just did. Everything came out fine.

 

[marsmimar]

You've done a lot of research so perhaps you've already seen this posting. Someone wanted to install Crysis 2 on his SSD. He needed 9GB free space and was surprised it had only 3GB free. He found out his winsxs folder was 9GB. (Yours is 6.2GB according to one of your screenshots.) Here's how he reclaimed disk space:

How to Maximize Space on your SSD Hard Drive - XDude's Knowledge Emporium

Since I'm not an expert in anything, I don't know if this is your problem, or one of perhaps several contributing factors, or if it has absolutely nothing at all to do with what you're experiencing. Just throwing this out for your consideration and, hopefully, some comments and thoughts from other forum members.

 

[SNsCPU]

You've done a lot of research so perhaps you've already seen this posting. Someone wanted to install Crysis 2 on his SSD. He needed 9GB free space and was surprised it had only 3GB free. He found out his winsxs folder was 9GB. (Yours is 6.2GB according to one of your screenshots.) Here's how he reclaimed disk space:

How to Maximize Space on your SSD Hard Drive - XDude's Knowledge Emporium

Since I'm not an expert in anything, I don't know if this is your problem, or one of perhaps several contributing factors, or if it has absolutely nothing at all to do with what you're experiencing. Just throwing this out for your consideration and, hopefully, some comments and thoughts from other forum members.

Thank you. I will look in to this, though this addresses a different a issue. However, this will possibly give my drive a little more life.

In the interest of keeping this pointed in the right direction and to help steer wandering minds of other gurus that may just be tuning in to this growing thread, I'll refresh:

My root issue is that my drive space is constantly disappearing and we have no idea where it's going. As time goes on, there is unaccounted used disk space that is growing in size and eating away at my drive's capacity. This unaccounted disk space isn't appearing in any physical file or folder that any of these 3rd party programs are picking up.

As my screenshots from previous pages show, there is around 14-15GB of space that is mysteriously missing somewhere and this number keeps growing.

Again, I really appreciate all the help and time everyone has given!

PS, another 100MB has disappeared. This is close to almost a full GB since last night-- just vanished.

 

[marsmimar]

You've done a lot of research so perhaps you've already seen this posting. Someone wanted to install Crysis 2 on his SSD. He needed 9GB free space and was surprised it had only 3GB free. He found out his winsxs folder was 9GB. (Yours is 6.2GB according to one of your screenshots.) Here's how he reclaimed disk space:

How to Maximize Space on your SSD Hard Drive - XDude's Knowledge Emporium

Since I'm not an expert in anything, I don't know if this is your problem, or one of perhaps several contributing factors, or if it has absolutely nothing at all to do with what you're experiencing. Just throwing this out for your consideration and, hopefully, some comments and thoughts from other forum members.

Thank you. I will look in to this, though this addresses a different a issue. My root issue is that my drive space is constantly disappearing and we have no idea where it's going. As time goes on, there is unaccounted disk space that is growing in size and eating away at my drive's capacity. This unaccounted disk space isn't appearing in any physical file or folder that any of these 3rd party programs are picking up.

Sorry if I was mistaken. I got the impression that the winsxs folder constantly increases over time with new files. Like I keep saying, I'm not an expert in anything.

 

[SNsCPU]

You've done a lot of research so perhaps you've already seen this posting. Someone wanted to install Crysis 2 on his SSD. He needed 9GB free space and was surprised it had only 3GB free. He found out his winsxs folder was 9GB. (Yours is 6.2GB according to one of your screenshots.) Here's how he reclaimed disk space:

How to Maximize Space on your SSD Hard Drive - XDude's Knowledge Emporium

Since I'm not an expert in anything, I don't know if this is your problem, or one of perhaps several contributing factors, or if it has absolutely nothing at all to do with what you're experiencing. Just throwing this out for your consideration and, hopefully, some comments and thoughts from other forum members.

Thank you. I will look in to this, though this addresses a different a issue. My root issue is that my drive space is constantly disappearing and we have no idea where it's going. As time goes on, there is unaccounted disk space that is growing in size and eating away at my drive's capacity. This unaccounted disk space isn't appearing in any physical file or folder that any of these 3rd party programs are picking up.

Sorry if I was mistaken. I got the impression that the winsxs folder constantly increases over time with new files. Like I keep saying, I'm not an expert in anything.

No worries! I know this thread is getting long so it's going to be hard to catch up with everything. I appreciate the insight! Believe me, I'm sure you're a million steps ahead of me on the road to being an "expert".

A general notation:

If this was a system file, hidden file, or folder related issue, we would see this from all the disk storage readers we've been using. Instead, what these programs are showing is that my files and folders are remaining static in size while my free space is magically disappearing into the abyss.

 

[Golden]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is a solution to the problem, but perhaps it can help you monitor what is going on:

Download, install and try this FREE version of SSDLife. Screenshots on the wepage suggest it can monitor the read/write daily, so perhaps this might help you track down the issue.

Regards,
Golden