Why is my ssd so full no matter what I try

[MitchellD94]

I have a rather small ssd (29.7gb) and I have had problems for quite some time now. Every time I delete things or clean my pc I clear up space that almost always instantly fills up again. I just don't know what to do anymore. I changed the size of my pagefile, I disabled hibernation, I run ccleaner constantly and windows clean up. I use treesize to check all my files on the ssd and deleted everything I could that I don't need and it still fills up.

Update: I literally changed my pagefile capacity to 512mb from 1000mb about 5 minutes ago and restarted my computer and in those 5 minutes the 500 mb of space is all gone and i have 0 space available.

I am running Windows 7 btw

 

[utgotye]

What are your specs?

 

[joesavy86]

Your SSD is too small for Windows 7; I'd recommend no less than 100gb.
Temporary files will accumulate up as you use your computer.
I have an Intel 67 gb SSD with a similar problem and I have to clear the temp files from time to time.
You can use it, but you just need to be diligent with space management.

 

[p_nut_uk]

Download WinDirStat http://windirstat.info/

It will show you the largest file sizes on your HD, I'm gonna guess that hiberfil.sys is going to be one of them. Long story short it's the files stored for the hibernation feature (I think as large as your RAM)

If it is you can disable the hibernation feature (win 7) and save that space by going to the command prompt and typing "powercfg –h off" This should remove the hiberfil.sys from your system

 

[utgotye]

Your SSD is too small for Windows 7; I'd recommend no less than 100gb.
Temporary files will accumulate up as you use your computer.
I have an Intel 67 gb SSD with a similar problem and I have to clear the temp files from time to time.
You can use it, but you just need to be diligent with space management.

Agreed. Windows 7 will be a minimum of 20GB, probably more like 25 - 30GB when all said and done.

 

[MitchellD94]

SSD: SAMSUNG SSD PM830 mSATA 32GB ATA Device (29 GB, IDE)
HDD: WDC WD5000AAKS-22A7B0 ATA Device (465 GB, IDE)

 

[seeingeyegod]

I don't even understand how Windows 7 can run on 32Gb SSD's I thought it took like 40Gb for the OS + swapfile. To OP, your swapfile is probably on the SSD, which is faster, but you could change it to be on the hard drive to clear up some Gb on the SSD. You might not notice the difference in speed if it is a decent physical hard drive.