Where did 50 GB go from the disk?

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Dmitry Eremin2016-10-11 23:24:35

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Dmitry Eremin, 2016-10-11 23:24:35

There is a 120 GB SSD (111 in Windows). It has Windows and other system programs. I recently noticed that there is less than 1 GB of free space left (!). Well, I climbed to look, clean the place, and I see that the total numbers do not converge. I decided to check: I select everything on the disk (including hidden files), I press the properties and I see that the total capacity of the files is 58 GB. Tried googling, but nothing helped. I contacted Microsoft Support, they said on the third attempt that the matter was in the SSD itself. So, maybe the problem is still on the software side, otherwise you don’t want to spend money on a new SSD.

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Ethril, 2016-10-12
@sniffd

Now for some advice. There is a class of programs - analyzers of free disk space. They show in a visual form what is scored. There are many of them, I prefer SpaceSniffer ( www.uderzo.it/main_products/space_sniffer ). Portable, no installation required. An important nuance - you need to run it from under the admin (through the right click).

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Nikbes, 2016-10-11
@vanya_beseda

Perhaps the previous version hangs to roll back the system

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iBird Rose, 2016-10-11
@iiiBird

1) check system restore (win+r -> sysdm.cpl -> "System Protection")
2) also virtual memory (win+r -> sysdm.cpl -> "Advanced" -> "Performance" -> "Advanced" -> "Change")
They usually take up a lot of memory

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15432, 2016-10-12
@15432

Turn on show hidden files and folders + show protected system files. It will be immediately clear who ate the place.
I suddenly discovered that hibernation consumes 30 gigs (for storing all the RAM for sleep), plus the paging file ate another 10 gigs (Windows decided - why waste time on trifles). Disabled the whole thing, minus 40 gigs.
Crash dumps, temporary files, system restore points can also take up space.

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Narical, 2016-10-11
@Narical

Two options - a hidden disk recovery partition or a folder hidden in the root of the disk with "recovery points" that are created automatically by Windows.
1 - you need to open the disk partition manager and study it carefully
2 - you need to look in the disk properties to see how much% of the space is allocated in the settings for creating restore points

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evgeniy_lm, 2016-10-12
@evgeniy_lm

Format the drive and don't worry. Perhaps there is a "loss", or maybe the disk is dead. Alas, SSDs are not durable, especially if your computer has little RAM.