My harddrive shows as full - but it shouldn't be

greenpixey

I only use my laptop to blog, check out facebook and to store some pictures of my children.
Still the C drive shows it is full and every morning I log in it tells me to delete stuff before I can do anything.
I've checked for viruses by doing a full scan with Avast and I've done malwarebytes. Both comes out clean
Not being very techie I have no idea what to do now.
Cant find anything to delete, got no games on as far as I know, no big files stored that I can see, so any suggestions would be welcome

Rev

Have you given ccleaner a run?

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

I know there is a program that shows where the big files are on the hard drive, but I don't know the name of it. I'm sure someone with more knowledge will be along in a few.

Lokolo

Go to Start.
Then computer.

A list of drives show up, what does it say about them?

For example mine says:

OS ( C: )
470GB free of 931GB

Backup ( )
291GB free of 298GB

debitcardmayhem

Rev wrote: »

Have you given ccleaner a run?

http://www.filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

I know there is a program that shows where the big files are on the hard drive, but I don't know the name of it. I'm sure someone with more knowledge will be along in a few.

Blow me down here it is http://windirstat.info/

googler

Have you got System Restore turned on?

Download WinDirStat and run it. It will tell you what's on your HDD

If you can't download it, follow Lokolo's instruction and navigate your way through your folders, starting at C: and working your way down to see what's eating up the space.

If you're running Vista, prime suspect is the Winsxs (?) folder

chunter

Vista? by any chance

missymugwump

Dont want to hijack post but I ran the WinDirStat and it says that windows installer is using 61.2% @4.4GB
Any idea how to solve this ?

Thank you

closed

depends what's in the installer directory, check for big files, and lots of files with exactly the same size.

your c partition is too small

operating system, any other drives (partitions), drive sizes?

have you backed up your photo's?

greenpixey

0% free (1)
Acer (C: )
3.51GB free of 31.5GB

Data (D: )
22.5GB free of 31.5GB

I'll try and run ccleaner first

missymugwump

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2752908

I started this thread and it solved the prob at the time
However I am now back where I started and it no longer clears it all but comes up with errors

pledgeX

Try this:
http://download.cnet.com/SpaceSniffer/3000-18512_4-10913555.html

Breaks it down see where your space is being used. May be a folder deep down you forgot about or a temp folder you dont know about.