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    Hard drive almost full, but how?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Ash-k, Dec 18, 2011.

  1. Ash-k

    Ash-k Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi I have had my Dell XPS15 for a couple of months and my 500GB HD is almost full.

    All i do is play Battlefield and a couple of games and do work on it, i havent downloaded loads of films or anything and am concerned that i have got over 400GB used?

    Can anyone help me figure out what is taking up all of this space!!!

    Any help is appreciated!
    Ash
     
    Ash-k, Dec 18, 2011
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    Ash-k Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ok just to say i downloaded OverDisk and it shows that my users folder "Ash" is 318GB

    The biggest folder in this is Videos which is 13GB

    So why does it say the user Ash say it is 318GB in size?
     
    Ash-k, Dec 18, 2011
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  3. JOSEA

    JOSEA NONE

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    A good place to start is SYSTEM RESTORE , if you are using it see this article on how to clear it
    Delete a restore point

    Also run disk cleanup - bring up the run command (win Key and R)
    Type in cleanmgr.exe and press enter

    Let us know if these help, but I noticed your last post - 318 is HUGE, mine is a little over 1 GIG.
     
    JOSEA, Dec 18, 2011
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  4. Ash-k

    Ash-k Notebook Enthusiast

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    I will try both, also if they dont work you reckon making a new user account, transferring user files and deleting old one should do the trick?
     
    Ash-k, Dec 18, 2011
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    Really good idea ASH-K, you may have to reinstall some programs if they create folders within that directory. That was going to be my next suggestion
     
    JOSEA, Dec 18, 2011
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    Oh my god i feel sooo stupid... I had hundereds of fraps recordings i didnt even notice, really weird i never noticed them! they are 4GB each..

    Sorry for your time please close!!!
     
    Ash-k, Dec 18, 2011
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    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    dont feel stupid mate as its always worth posting to help others out in the future.
    i was going to say that the last time i done a thorough clean up using tune up utilities it found i had 38gb of old system restore points. so there are lots of things like fraps that store huge amounts in the background that you cant see unless you do a thorough check.
     
    MrDJ, Dec 18, 2011
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    No worries man :) same thing happened to me with Fraps
     
    Toledano, Dec 18, 2011
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    cheers guys, at least its sorted! :)
     
    Ash-k, Dec 18, 2011
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    Glad you got it cleaned up. Going forward, here's a great tool that I use and put on friend's PCs when they run into similar disk space problems. Disk Scanner
     
    roxshot, Dec 19, 2011
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