[SOLVED] I'm having trouble with 100% disk space

[TheShanachie]

I'm having trouble with 100% disk space when I download things and open and close application on windows 10. I don't know much about computers but I've carried a ssd from my old computer to as new build so I think its a software problem. I'm on windows 10 and this seems to slow down my computer.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Did you reinstall windows because if you didn’t this is your problem

 

[TheShanachie]

Well how would I do that? If I reset the pc in windows recovery would that be sufficient?

 

[TheShanachie]

Did you reinstall windows because if you didn’t this is your problem

If I were to do this would the option to reinstall in windows recovery settings be sufficient?

 

[USAFRet]

If I were to do this would the option to reinstall in windows recovery settings be sufficient?

Full clean install.

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[Deleted member 14196]

If I were to do this would the option to reinstall in windows recovery settings be sufficient?

Nope. Full clean install as instructed above

 

[geofelt]

What is the nature of your trouble?
What is the size of your ssd?
These days, 120gb is too small.
Many things default to the C drive.
When that drive approaches 90%full, it will slow down and lose endurance.
This is particularly true on older less capable ssd devices.
A drive with little unused space will need to rearrange data on the drive to make room for new data.
That takes extra I/O operations.

 

[popatim]

100% sounds like the disk is full. How much free space do you believe it has?

Can you link us to a screenshot of your diskmanagement window. (run diskmgmt.msc)
Also, if you have room, can get a link to a WinDirStat or Treesize screenshot? (run as admin) This will help identify what is taking up so much space