[SOLVED] Storage on C Drive decreasing at a rapid rate

[swordofearth]

hey guys, I'm sure you get this question a lot so I'm gonna cut to the chase:
basically, whenever I open the "Computer" screen, the storage at C is always a little bit smaller. I've rapidly opened it about 30-40 times (I estimate) in a minute, only to see the amount of space slowly but surely tick down. I was at 8.10 GB just five minutes ago, and now I'm at 7.57 GB. I'm really unsure what the problem is, and whenever I google it, something different pops up. This has been going on for a while now, a few weeks at least
So far my way of dealing with it has been to remove something I don't need, but I'm running out of things to remove. I really don't want my C partition to be filled up, and I feel helpless

 

[failboat]

Could be a virus if you can't think of anything writing that much. Boot in safe mode and see if it's still happening.

 

[DeadRam]

Windows 10 downloads updates automatically and they are stored on C: before they are installed. Windows backs up OS files on C: before the update is installed. Do you have a folder named Windows.old on the C: drive? Windows.old is created when you upgrade from 1803 to 1809 so you can revert back to a previous OS version. The free space on the C: drive will always shrink. Get a larger drive. Windows.old can be removed using a function in Windows or just delete it.

 

[USAFRet]

hey guys, I'm sure you get this question a lot so I'm gonna cut to the chase:
basically, whenever I open the "Computer" screen, the storage at C is always a little bit smaller. I've rapidly opened it about 30-40 times (I estimate) in a minute, only to see the amount of space slowly but surely tick down. I was at 8.10 GB just five minutes ago, and now I'm at 7.57 GB. I'm really unsure what the problem is, and whenever I google it, something different pops up. This has been going on for a while now, a few weeks at least
So far my way of dealing with it has been to remove something I don't need, but I'm running out of things to remove. I really don't want my C partition to be filled up, and I feel helpless

What size is this drive?
What software are you running? Look at everything.

 

[swordofearth]

hey guys, I'm sure you get this question a lot so I'm gonna cut to the chase:
basically, whenever I open the "Computer" screen, the storage at C is always a little bit smaller. I've rapidly opened it about 30-40 times (I estimate) in a minute, only to see the amount of space slowly but surely tick down. I was at 8.10 GB just five minutes ago, and now I'm at 7.57 GB. I'm really unsure what the problem is, and whenever I google it, something different pops up. This has been going on for a while now, a few weeks at least
So far my way of dealing with it has been to remove something I don't need, but I'm running out of things to remove. I really don't want my C partition to be filled up, and I feel helpless

What size is this drive?
What software are you running? Look at everything.

512 GB, running Win7
after removing some more old portal2 beta files I had around which freed up 8 GB, it seems to have subsided entirely...for now. Though I doubt they were the cause

 

[USAFRet]

512 GB, running Win7
after removing some more old portal2 beta files I had around which freed up 8 GB, it seems to have subsided entirely...for now. Though I doubt they were the cause

Is this an SSD?
If so, 8GB is far too little free space on that.