Find large files

[lithium630]

The free space on my small SSD has mysteriously shrunk down to nothing. I've tried a few tools but can't seem to find the culprit. Any good suggestions for finding large files wasting space?

[STC]

Treesize Free. On Tapatalk right now can't link to it.

[Motz]

I second this app. Very good stuff

[lithium630]

Treesize Free. On Tapatalk right now can't link to it.

Thanks, worked like a charm. That program is great.

[STC]

Nice!

What was causing the hog(s) if you don't mind me asking?

[lithium630]

I think it was the pagefile, at 8GB. I have plenty of RAM so I turned it off. My SSD is only 40gb so it's pretty tight. The only other large folder was temporary internet files in a hidden folder. It won't let me delete them but I haven't put too much effort in to that yet.

[leroys1000]

Might want to do a google search on how to remove
the windows update backup files.
It keeps copies of those files to be able to uninstall
any of the updates.
If your system is running fine with updates installed,
you don't need those files and they take quite a bit
of space on the drive.
Also,if you are using a second regular drive for data storage
make sure you create library folders on it and assign your libraries there.
Check the public/public folder for any backup files that third party
applications may have left there.
Windows usually uses the page file,even with lots of memory.
It can impact performance.
You may want to set virtual memory to a smaller custom size instead of
just turning it off.
Run CCleaner and disk cleanup.
Make sure that automatic defrag is turned off an the SSD.
Don't want to wear it out prematurely.

[WindowsHTPC]

I second CCleaner... when I was running a 64GB SSD it helped lots. Now my 64GB SSD is in my HTPC so it's got lots of free space as my recordings are on another drive...

[barnabas1969]

I wouldn't use CCleaner or any other program that purports to "clean" my registry if you paid me to. These programs can do more harm than good. The best thing is for someone who actually knows what they are doing to selectively un-install unnecessary programs and to remove unnecessary files. Some of the remaining files can be moved to other drives, if you know what you're doing.

EDIT: Of course, if you don't know what you're doing... don't blindly trust ANYONE. Make a BACKUP before you make such significant changes to your PC. This way, if your "PC geek", "genius" friend totally F's it up... you have a way back to a working PC.

[leroys1000]

Although I have never had a problem with the registry cleaning
part of CCleaner,you don't have to use that part anyway.
It's main function is to clean up unneeded files.

[bobbob]

barnabas969 i disagree. anyone that uses any registry cleaner without first taking a back up of the registry is quite simply a idiot. nothing wrong with registry cleaners per se and i like ccleaner

[STC]

CCleaner is a great tool to remove unremoved crap from ATI and Nvidia drivers. It lists what it suggests it will remove. You can double check it's not deleting hkeyclassesroot before you proceed