[RESOLVED] My SSD is quickly filling up unexpectedly.

[GlyndwrBartlett]

I am running Windows 7 and have a 60GB SSD. Recently the drive has started filling up to the point where I now have less than 1GB left. I have run the disk cleanup utilities including removing all but the most recent restore points. However, this has recovered very little space. I have 26GB in my Windows directory, 7 GB in Programs and 19GB in Users. I have very few music, photograph or video files.

Are there any log or temporary files I can delete, that are not cleaned up by the cleanup utility? Or do I need to move my User files to a thumb drive?

Regards,

Glyn

[Midknyte]

Your Windir seems normal, but your Users folder is pretty big. How many users do you have on that system?

You can use Windirstat or Treesizefree to see which files/folders are taking up the most space.
http://windirstat.info/
http://www.jam-software.com/freeware/index.shtml

For temp files, I use Oldtimer's Temp File Cleaner:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/files...r-by-oldtimer/

[GlyndwrBartlett]

Hi Midknyte,

Only one user on this laptop. I had a look at my User directory to see what I can take off. Despite the root showing 19GB used the My Documents folder is using 2GB and all other folders are using a total of 2GB. So if I am only using 4GB why is it showing 19GB used at the root?

I will use the tools you recomended and do some more investigation.

Thanks,

Glyn

[GlyndwrBartlett]

Hi Midknyte,

I downloaded WinDirStat and found a hidden directory AppData under my User directory. Under this directory we have Local\Temp. Temp is using up a whopping 10GB. Is it safe to delete everything under a Temp directory?

Thanks,

Glyn.

[GlyndwrBartlett]

I have used CCleaner and recovered 10GB.

Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,

Glyn

[Midknyte]

10GB of temp data is huge. Glad you got it sorted.

[GlyndwrBartlett]

Yes it is! Thank you very much for your help.

Regards,

Glyn