I have been downloading loads lately and my hard drive is nearly full, and it has gone from being green to red. The thing is it was saying that there was only 4.7GB of space left and it stayed like that while I added about another 10GB of data. About 5GB of data later it is saying that I now have 14GB of disk space left. Is this just the OS finding more space by emptying memory dumps or is the OS deleting my files that I may want to keep to make space?
Have you done any manual cleaning? Have you run a program such as WinDirStat to get a better idea of what is going on with drive space?
Are you reading space available from Explorer or?
I can't recall Windows deleting much to make space if you have not directed it to do so--at least not gigabytes. Some programs do generate a lot of temp files.
I'd run WinDirStat or a similar program and maybe do a manual disk clean.
My Computer
At a glance
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bitIntel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Ignatz Special; 4 speed manual gearbox; factory air conditioning; one of one
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
CPU
Intel Skylake i5-6600K, not overclocked
Motherboard
AsRock Z170M Extreme 4, micro ATX
Memory
8 GB HyperX DDR4-2666 (2 x 4 GB)
Graphics Card(s)
none; graphics are integrated on CPU
Sound Card
onboard: Realtek ALC1150; external: USB Behringer UF0-202
Monitor(s) Displays
Dell S2340M 23 inch IPS
Screen Resolution
1600 x 900
Hard Drives
System: Crucial MX100 series SSD, 128 GB;
Data: Samsung Spinpoint 103SJ, 1 TB;
Backup: WD Caviar Green WD30EZRX-00D8PB0, 3 TB
Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebytes Premium
Browser
Pale Moon
Other Info
All fans PWM; speeds at idle: CPU circa 500 rpm; intake circa 600 rpm; exhaust circa 600 rpm; CPU temps 27 idle and 47 C load in a warm room (27 C/81 F) when running Intel Extreme Tuning Utility stress test.
