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05-20-2021 07:24 AM
This is a toy simple.......
Hard drive is full
SSD 256K Gb IS FULL in only 5months with no Movies no Songs no Large files even deleted all OneDRive
WINDOWS 10 is taking up 90% of the Hard Drive
whats up
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05-21-2021 08:54 AM
I have several PCs running on 120GB SSDs, and none of them are even HALF full, after running for years!!
Windows Update is the likely culprit, along with cache files that are downloaded every time you browse a website.
Here are some things you can do to recover some of the disk space:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3012-disk-cleanup-open-use-windows-10-a.html
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-winsxs-folder-in-windows-10/
Also, the community Win10 Forums has the following suggestions:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/83441-free-up-drive-space-windows-10-a.html
Finally, there is a freeware app known as Wise Disk Cleaner. I use it every day to get rid of junk files: https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
05-21-2021 08:54 AM
I have several PCs running on 120GB SSDs, and none of them are even HALF full, after running for years!!
Windows Update is the likely culprit, along with cache files that are downloaded every time you browse a website.
Here are some things you can do to recover some of the disk space:
http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/3012-disk-cleanup-open-use-windows-10-a.html
http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-clean-up-winsxs-folder-in-windows-10/
Also, the community Win10 Forums has the following suggestions:
https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/83441-free-up-drive-space-windows-10-a.html
Finally, there is a freeware app known as Wise Disk Cleaner. I use it every day to get rid of junk files: https://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-disk-cleaner.html
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
05-22-2021 02:31 PM
Hi I did download install the free disk cleaner
the result only 2GB free
thanks for that
wish i could get that half none of the other tips showed any thing to remove
now I have 7.96Gb of 256Gb
the WinXSX still has 7gb
but it did not get reduced at all.
the wind update was only 110mb b4 cleaning
all apps I could move to EXTERNAL DRIVE HAD BEEN MOVED B4 I put this post up.
05-22-2021 05:53 PM
Well, those should have removed a lot more stuff. I regularly run Win10 on 120GB SSDs and always have 60GB or more of free space using those apps.
Try the following:
1) Open up a command window with admin rights
2) Paste this there and run it:
Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
This will clean out the WinSxS folder -- which should have happened before; I don't know why.
I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
06-12-2021 02:53 AM
:\WINDOWS\system32>Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup /ResetBase
Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool
Version: 10.0.19041.844
Image Version: 10.0.19043.1052
[==========================100.0%==========================]
The operation completed successfully.
did not improve much maybe 1GB more removed
i ran cleanmgr and it freed up 4GB from Windows UPdate Cleanup
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