Where is all my hard drive space disappearing to?

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I have Win 7 Pro 64-bit installed on a 160GB drive. Today I started getting errors that my drive was full, so I started investigating where all the space is taken up and found that my user directory is 71.5GB, but when I go into the directory select all and see properties it only shows about 100MB.

Where are the 71.4 other GB? :sarc:

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I'm defragging the drive right now, but I have weekly defrags anyway so I'm not sure that will help. Are there some mysterious hidden folders in there I can't see?
 

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mastacox said:
I have Win 7 Pro 64-bit installed on a 160GB drive. Today I started getting errors that my drive was full, so I started investigating where all the space is taken up and found that my user directory is 71.5GB, but when I go into the directory select all and see properties it only shows about 100MB.

Where are the 71.4 other GB? :sarc:

DirectorySize1.jpg


DirectorySize2.jpg


I'm defragging the drive right now, but I have weekly defrags anyway so I'm not sure that will help. Are there some mysterious hidden folders in there I can't see?
Click to expand...


There is a real easy way to find out. There is a 3rd party app called treesize pro, by jam software that will show the size of every folder on the HD, even hidden ones. It is free to try

Ken
 

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Run WinDirStat - that will give you a detailed picture of what's going on.
 

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whs said:
Run WinDirStat - that will give you a detailed picture of what's going on.
Click to expand...

Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!!!

I found the major culprit- a 74GB txt file log!!! :shock:

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You are welcome. This file you can delete - either manually or run CCleaner (I assume it is a temporary file).
 

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Handbrake will create logs only if you want it.
Just check in Handbrake Tools > Options that you have these settings (disable logs).


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Just a comment that has to be the largest txt file ever, or at least i've seen. Fabe
 

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thefabe said:
Just a comment that has to be the largest txt file ever, or at least i've seen. Fabe
Click to expand...

I was about to say the same thing. I don't even wanna know how long you would have to scroll to reach the end of that thing.
 

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