How to increase C: Drive capacity? What can I delete?

[Dinarius]

My C: drive is a 250Gb SSD.

I thought when I built this computer that it might be enough, and maybe it will be.

Of the 231Gb total on the drive, I now have 83Gb free.

The drive is used for nothing but program files.

At the moment, the biggest allocations are as follows:

Windows: 19Gb.
Users: 45Gb
Three program folders (Files, Files x86, Data): 26Gb.

Anything I can do to ease/spread the load. I've tried Disk Cleanup and it dumped about 200Mb!

For what it's worth, I also have a 500Gb SSD which I use for RAW video files.

Thanks.

D.

 

[USAFRet]

Install and run WinDirStat.
Run as Administrator, selecting only the C drive.

Post a screencap here.

Default space suckers:
pagefile
hibernation
System Restore points

But 45GB in your /users/ folder means there are other things on that drive. Discover and move.

 

[Dinarius]

Thanks.

I ran that and this is the screen capture.

Oops! Not sure how to create an URL for the screen capture, and copy/paste doesn't work.

D.

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks.

I ran that and this is the screen capture.

Oops! Not sure how to create an URL for the screen capture, and copy/paste doesn't work.

D.

Detailed instructions on posting images on Tom's hardware.
http://www.tomshardware.com/faq/id-2580030/detailed-instructions-posting-images-tom-hardware.html

Basically, use a site like imgur.com.
Upload there, post the link for it here.

 

[Dinarius]

Thanks.

Hopefully this works.

https://imgur.com/bYPsrxz

 

[USAFRet]

Thanks.

Hopefully this works.

https://imgur.com/bYPsrxz

Works.

Click on that huge blue space in the middle.
At the bottom left, it will tell you exactly what file it is.
I'm betting that is hiberfil.sys. The smaller blue one might be the pagefile.

 

[Dinarius]

Yes.

Big blue is hiberfil.sys.

Small blue is pagefile.sys

Thanks.

D.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes.

Big blue is hiberfil.sys.

Small blue is pagefile.sys

Thanks.

D.

How to turn hibernation OFF< and make that file go away:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/920730/how-to-disable-and-re-enable-hibernation-on-a-computer-that-is-running

https://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/819-hibernate-enable-disable.html

 

[Dinarius]

Ps.

And I've just noticed that Pictures contains all my iPhone images and videos - about 12Gb.

Which drive is This PC>Pictures on? If it's the C: drive, I could direct it somewhere else. I have tons of storage on spinning drives.

Thanks.

D.

 

[USAFRet]

Next up...discover what is sucking up that space in your /Users/ folder.
Possibly old junk you downloaded and forgot about.

 

[Dinarius]

Next up...discover what is sucking up that space in your /Users/ folder.
Possibly old junk you downloaded and forgot about.

Well, AppData is 25Gb and Pictures is 13Gb.

That's the bulk of it. The rest are minimal.

So, moving Pictures could save a chunk.

Thanks.

D.

 

[CountMike]

Also run Disk cleanup and mark all fields. After all cleaning you do finishes, download and run http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/uncleaner.html to safely clean out all leftowers, should be a lot after all that mess.