Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

Post by Sword »

Try WinDirStat to see what directories are using the most space.
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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Are you using a Cloud Service that keeps a local copy of your files like Dropbox? It will sync your Cloud files to the local hard disk of all your computers you install Dropbox on.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I have seen it happening many times...

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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Yes, that includes OneDrive, Apple iCloud drive, Google Drive and others. I had to turn off iCloud Photos on my workshop PC because it downloaded a copy of every photo and video I took. That's handy for some situations but if you have only a small SSD, it can soon become overwhelmed.
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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Sword wrote: Sun Aug 09, 2020 12:43 pm Try WinDirStat to see what directories are using the most space.
Just downloaded WindDirStat to see what is going on, thanks for the tip!

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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Swissi, Muzzer - nothing like that on the PC, I use sneakernet to add files to my machine via USB. I'll see what WinDirStat comes up with

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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Are you sure the space is used? It could be the drive is going out and large portions have been marked bad.
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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Well I am now sorted, someone in my family had added NextCloud to my machine and had selected every item to it, one dir was 180GB. It was WinDirStat that found it so I deleted everything and only added CNC related items and now my hard drive is only using 72GB out of 250GB. I have to apologise to all that tried to help, I am actually embarrased by all this. In future I will make sure of what I am dealing with.

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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

Post by Upnorth »

Windirstat bailed me out also with a hard drive filling up issue. In my case I had two problems. One was google earth and the other was I turned off the computers ability to hibernate. Both can use up GB,s of space.
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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

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Upnorth wrote: Tue Aug 11, 2020 11:30 am Windirstat bailed me out also with a hard drive filling up issue. In my case I had two problems. One was google earth and the other was I turned off the computers ability to hibernate. Both can use up GB,s of space.
What kind of computer is this? Desktop or Laptop?
Google earth on a CNC PC? :shock:
Not sure why having hybernate turned off will fill up the disk....

I guess glad its sorted....
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Re: Anybody having issues with Windows 10 filling the HDD

Post by Muzzer »

Hadn't heard of Nextcloud. Seems to be like Google Drive, Drop Box, Onedrive etc but can be used within your own network.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nextcloud
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