Hard drive suddenly full


  1. Posts : 23
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
       #1

    Hard drive suddenly full


    Hi,

    My hard drive is really full. I have only got less than 3 GB space. I have tried deleting all the unwanted programs, files. It still stays full.

    Please help.
      My Computer


  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    TreeSize Free - Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs

    Download Tree Size Free from the above link. It will show you where the space is being used.
      My Computer


  3. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #3

    Also check the shadowstorage. The command in an elevated command prompt is:

    vssadmin list shadowstorage
      My Computer


  4. Posts : 23
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
    Thread Starter
       #4

    ignatzatsonic said:
    TreeSize Free - Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs

    Download Tree Size Free from the above link. It will show you where the space is being used.
    This showed that Crashplan was using over 300 GB for backup archives. After uninstalling the software and removing the archives, I have got lots of space free now.

    Thank you.
      My Computer


  5. Posts : 23
    Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit 7601 Multiprocessor Free Service Pack 1
    Thread Starter
       #5

    whs said:
    Also check the shadowstorage. The command in an elevated command prompt is:

    vssadmin list shadowstorage
    This showed:
    Used Shadow Copy Storage space 4%.
    Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space 4%.
    Maximum Shadow Copy Space 5%


    But after deleting my backup archives, the values changed:
    Used Shadow Copy Storage space 1%.
    Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space 1%.
    Maximum Shadow Copy Space 5%
      My Computer


 

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