low disk space

truthman007

I had low disk space warning message then moved big files to d drive, then restarted then in 20 minutes again ran out of space, not sure which one is fill up data on c drive. Any virus.

thanks for your help

John_Gray

Try and find out which directories or folders or applications are hogging the disk space by running TreeSize Free...

Alias_Omega

Have you run disk cleanup recently, what about emptying the recycle bin?

Disk cleanup can be found --

Start Menu > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup

The_Grandmaster

If you suspect virus do the following: (written by alienRIK)

Download MALWAREBYTES (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD LATEST VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_ma..._anti_malware/
Open malwarebytes and goto UPDATE and click 'check for updates'. After its updated goto SCANNER and click PERFORM FULL SCAN then click SCAN
Remove everything thats found (needs to be ticked)
Post the COMPLETE log here AFTER youve deleted everything it finds


reboot

Download HIJACK THIS (Make sure you click 'DOWNLOAD THIS VERSION')
http://www.filehippo.com/download_hijackthis/2894/
Click MAIN MENU then DO A SYSTEM SCAN AND SAVE A LOGFILE(Takes seconds) then post the log so we can see whats running
(do NOT do anything else with Hijack but scan and post the FULL log)

diable

change the % of space the recycle bin reserves, check the temp folders