Something is leeching space from my SSD...

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Scotty99

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Steps i have already did:

1. Turned off hibernate in CMD prompt.
2. Moved page file.
3. Turned off system restore.

What else could be stealing space from my SSD? Every few hours it seems i lose 100mb or so.,
 
I mean after the updates that were all installed...

This is an ongoing thing, like the title says something is leeching space from my SSD, its not like a thing here or there because i have not installed anything on it. And its not 20mb's here 20mb's there, its 100mb's here 100mb's there.

From the screenshots i took of space sniffer it seems the only thing that changed was avast folder, but i honestly dont think avast is the thing thats taking up THAT much room that ive been losing.
 
Put your faith in comparative sniffer shots - it's the only evidence available.
If I had that problem, I'd capture one a day and compare them side-by-side. I'm not going to do that with the two you posted, just because I have confidence that your conclusion is perfectly good.

I'm an experimentalist - I like to get some concrete data and then make educated guesses based on that.

EDIT: I don't know that tool. What does the blue mean?
 
Admittedly, I have no idea what a "computer" is.

If TRIM wasn't working, that wouldn't be stealing space would it? The SSD would just have to erase each area before writing, right? And it would keep a correct accounting of used/unused areas. Right?

 
I don't see any resolution to this thread, which is EXACTLY what's happening to me? Except I can lose GB in a few hours? I can't get windirstat to work properly (I can't remember now what happened, but I will try again when I've finished some other stuff). In order to install (or even uninstall) ANYTHING, I have to try to find some files to save off to flash drive, and HURRY UP to get what I want installed, or I'll lose my space.

I've done all the things: turned off hibernation, turned off/deleted system restore, decreased the pagefile to 512MB, cleared the temp int files, downloads, recycle bin (and set it to a small amount, too). I don't have a whole lot of personal files, b/c I keep them in the cloud, but I've offloaded most of them. I'm keeping some pics on there in order to have something to offload to give myself room to install something in the future--that's how bad it is!

I have another laptop that had most of the same programs installed with very few differences (this one had less). They both have 256GB SSD, but the old one has 70GB left. This new Sony came with a lot of bloatware, but I've uninstalled as much as I dare. I've gone into "clean boot" mode and while it's much slower, still watched it suck up to 0bytes free.

I'm convinced it's malware, though I try to be careful--don't open attachments, click on strange links, etc. Naturally, I run antivirus (Kaspersky), and MalwareBytes found nothing when I downloaded it several days ago. At this point, I figure I might as well reformat, since so much of my stuff has been uninstalled, but is it true some malware survives a reformat? Particularly a "quick" one, as has been recommended in my thread on this forum that isn't taxing on the SSD?

I just feel like I'm getting no where!