Solved Windows 7pro Hard drive full

[samjesse]

Please help
My Window7 pro x64 Toshiba laptop has no reason to be full. I deleted/uninstalled as many things as I can.
No window.old or old.window folder is present. Attached is a shot of Computer Management.

Many thx

 

[samjesse]

deleted

 

[ShoTTaS]

what do you mean by full? is it red lining in your my computer?

 

[samjesse]

Yes. Red line.

 

[oscer1]

can try this to see whats takeing up all the space

 

[ShoTTaS]

I am thinking of a log file was making the red line. it should be in a form of log.xml
you can download this tool: TreeSize Free - Quickly Scan Directory Sizes and Find Space Hogs
it can help you search the file that is causing this.

 

[samjesse]

Windows taking 45.6GB (very high)
Users taking 40.9GB (very high)

 

[samjesse]

winsxs folder inside window 28.8gb, Temp 12.6gb.

 

[PSCO2007]

Check your Restore Points Settings.

Control Panel>System>System Protection and highlight C drive. Configure.

Lower it, (click OK) and reboot and you should see an increase in hdd space.

I've got mine set to the lowest ( I keep backup images so I'm not concerned with multiple Restore Points).

 

[samjesse]

I do not do backups
I was able to recover about 40GB by deleting some accounts and their folders, but the folders returned after reboot.:shock:
But that is still too much space used for the OS and the default Admin user.

 

[PSCO2007]

I do not do backups
I was able to recover about 40GB by deleting some accounts and their folders, but the folders returned after reboot.:shock:
But that is still too much space used for the OS and the default Admin user.

I do not do backups

Really,why not?

That's the easiest way to get back to square one if you're hit with a virus or have an hdd failure.

Download Macrium Reflect FREE Edition 6.0.476

 

[PSCO2007]

You can at least adjust the maximum disc space.