SSD Boot drive filled up need clean up

[cmoazz]

Ok so my SSD boot/programs drive is already near full, shows bar in the red. I don't have any garbage on there it's a new PC.

Anything I can do to clean it up a bit? Atleast so it's not in the red... any garbage that can be removed from Win7 Ultimate 64?

Thanks all.

 

[Petey7]

How big is your SSD? Have you tried the disk clean up utility? http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/818-disk-cleanup-open-use.html?ltr=D

 

[profdlp]

Do what Petey said, it's good advice.

What other hard drives (if any) are in the computer?

 

[cmoazz]

It's a 60GB, yea, disk cleanup only did a few MB's of space

I also have a 1TB media drive.

 

[Petey7]

You might want to move ALL personal files to the other hard drive. The SSD should only be used for the OS and programs. If you have any programs installed you almost never use or never use at all for that matter, then uninstall them.

EDIT: It sounded like you wanted to remove system files in your original post. This can not be done.

 

[cmoazz]

Oh ok. No I have nothing but the OS and the few programs which I really use on there. I guess I just never thought I'd use 60 already! Is there a way to RAID an identical drive after installation or would I need to do clean install again?

 

[Petey7]

It sounds weird that you would use up that much. I have dozens of pictures, few hundred songs, some stuff I don't need, and have only used 41.7 GB. But it might also depend on exactly what programs you use.

How to Set Up RAID on Your PC - PCWorld

EDIT: Just thought about the conversions for actual vs. advertised HDD/SSD size, do it seems a little less odd.

 

[cmoazz]

Yes I was thinking it was filling up rather quickly. I'm not home but basically I have Win7 Ult 64 bit, DVDFab, Adobe CS5 Master Collection(5GB alone), Microsoft Security Essential, iTunes, Steam(Counter Strike Source only game downloaded), WinRAR, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, ConvertXtoDVD, PeerBlock, uTorrent, PCProbe(PC temp and fan speed reader came with mobo), and that's about it I guess.

I guess I was just so used to XP and it must be smaller than Win7 Ult 64 that took 25GB

 

[whs]

The first thing you should do is to run WinDirStat. Then post the top left quadrant of the WinDirStat result so that we can see what exactly is on your disk. After that we can make intelligent suggestions. Your system should be around 20GBs - not more.

 

[cmoazz]

Umm, how do I copy the top left quadrant..

 

[Petey7]

Umm, how do I copy the top left quadrant..

Windows 7 has the new snipping tool, or there is the old school Prnt Scrn button. Press it, then open paint and press Paste. Then cut out the portion we need, open a new paint page, paste again, then save it, and then upload it for us to look at.

 

[whs]

How to use the Snipping Tool in Vista - Vista Forums

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-how-post-screenshot-seven-forums.html

Note: the Snipping tool is the same in Vista and Windows7

 

[gregrocker]

Have you moved your User files to the storage HD? You'll get better performance, safer storage as well as recover space to your HD: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/18629-user-folders-change-default-location.html

 

[cmoazz]

I just did whole thing... hope I didn't need to open up all folders and all that.

 

[ickymay]

Yes I was thinking it was filling up rather quickly. I'm not home but basically I have Win7 Ult 64 bit, DVDFab, Adobe CS5 Master Collection(5GB alone), Microsoft Security Essential, iTunes, Steam(Counter Strike Source only game downloaded), WinRAR, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, ConvertXtoDVD, PeerBlock, uTorrent, PCProbe(PC temp and fan speed reader came with mobo), and that's about it I guess.

I guess I was just so used to XP and it must be smaller than Win7 Ult 64 that took 25GB

steam can be installed and run from another drive as can Utorrent and possibly iTunes ?

the .gcf files are valve for steam so thats 6gb already

 

[steve-pressman]

My guess is that you have a load of system restore points on your drive, you might want to check that and consider deleting them.


Steve

 

[Petey7]

Indeed, reducing the amount that system restore can use will free some space up.

 

[cmoazz]

steam can be installed and run from another drive as can Utorrent and possibly iTunes ?

the .gcf files are valve for steam so thats 6gb already

but I want Steam and iTunes to run fast that's why they're on the SSD.

My guess is that you have a load of system restore points on your drive, you might want to check that and consider deleting them.


Steve

and how is this done?

 

[Petey7]

My guess is that you have a load of system restore points on your drive, you might want to check that and consider deleting them.


Steve

and how is this done?

Right click My Computer and click properties. Click System Protection. Go to the System Protection tab if it does not take you there automatically, and hit configure. You can control most if not all System Restore settings from there.

 

[Wishmaster]

To save space on mine, i always disable the hibernate file. (about 8gigs approx) od space can be saved if you dont use this feature.

You can also reduce the PF size if you have plenty of RAM, or move it to another drive. Around 2GB perhaps left on the SSD would be fine, but do not disable it.

As suggested, reduce the amount of space 7 can use for restore points.

This should free up around 10GB of space. (depending how much RAM you have it may be a bit more)

However, if I were you, I would just put Steam at the very front of a spining Drive where it will perform best (or a secondary SSD) as well as all music, video, and picture folders.
just let the SSD handle the OS and all other Programs.

While it is true a game will load a bit faster on the SSD, the simple fact is once the game is loaded it really doesnt make that much of a difference in the grand scheme of things.
Once the game loads, its running from memory which is faster than the SSD anyway. The exception would be a few games that load the game world on the fly. Even then, not that drastic of a difference.

However, the choice is yours. So a couple tips to save some space if you choose to leave it where it is.