Losing memory fast

jessmist

I have done a virus scan and it has found nothing, i have also ran spybot and it has only found tracking cookies.

isofa

Are you editing any large files, such as large colour files in Photoshop, movies/videos in video editing software, music editing (i.e. composition and mixing of tracks, rather than just MP3/iTunes) etc? If these applications crash they can leave huge temp or "scratch" files on your disc.

Have you run CCleaner yet?

jessmist

Iam just going to down load ccleaner now

superscaper

jessmist wrote: »

I have done a virus scan and it has found nothing, i have also ran spybot and it has only found tracking cookies.

If you're using McAfee then that pretty much means nothing (I've personally seen a virus infected computer that McAfee didn't stop getting infected and didn't detect the virus at all despite numerous scans). If you want to have a reasonable confidence your system is clean I'd go through the malware removal guide. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=133269

jessmist

I have ran ccleaner and it has cleaned up 64.4mb

isofa

That sounds about right, but doesn't solve your missing 10Gb issue...

superscaper

I still think main culprit will be system restore.

BillScarab

Another way of losing space is burning DVD's, some apps leave a 4.7Gb DVD image on your hard disk.

f1charlie

Have you run one of the disk space utilities mentioned to find out exactly where all the space is being used? That may give a pointer to the problem.

Conor_3

Go to My Computer. Right Click on C Drive and select properties. Click on Disk Cleanup. Click the More Options tab and the Clean Up button under System Restore. This will delete all but the last system restore point. Then Apply and OK. See how much space you have after that. If it's a lot, you know it was system restore using the space.