HD Space Continually Disappears!!

JonH · 05-24-2008, 07:19 PM

Here's an unusual problem: On my "old" computer it has a 160gb drive that continually gets filled up. This machine is in our kitchen, so it's monitored as far as any "questionable" material being looked at and/or downloaded. In the past few weeks I've deleted probably 15-18gb of unused or little used programs, folders, pictures, etc, trying to regain some HD space. I work in Los Angeles and when I come home for a weekend, the drive is darn near full again! For instance, last weekend I had the free space back up to 13ishGB. I just looked at the c: properties and it's down to 2gb. The typical useage is my wife and Quicken spreadsheets, my teen son and his Command and Conquer game and my teen daughter who's newest endeavor is Yahoo mail.

There must be a method to search the computer to find a very large file folder. Can this be done? When my son uses Command and Conquer, does it save a game and take up space? I have to think that there's one culprit and it's hiding somehwere.

Any help or suggestions would be great.
Thanks in advance,
Jon in American Fork.

diduknowthat · 05-24-2008, 07:25 PM

Under search there's an option where you can set the size of the file. Also, check if your system restore is on. It takes up a lot of hard drive space by creating checkpoints.

JonH · 05-24-2008, 09:52 PM

EXCELLENT!!

I found a 58gb (!?!?!?!?) movie on there in about two secs. So after a very preliminary dump, there's an easy 70gb of space back there.

We immediatley pointed a finger at my daughter who likes to download American Idol type junk.

Thanks for the quick and easy fix.

Jon in American Fork.

rts_conrad · 05-25-2008, 01:30 AM

Also depending on what C&C game your son has that could use a fair amount of memory. If it's Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars then it's 6GB, with Kane's Wrath I think it adds another 5.

05-24-2008, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
JonH New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 22	HD Space Continually Disappears!! Here's an unusual problem: On my "old" computer it has a 160gb drive that continually gets filled up. This machine is in our kitchen, so it's monitored as far as any "questionable" material being looked at and/or downloaded. In the past few weeks I've deleted probably 15-18gb of unused or little used programs, folders, pictures, etc, trying to regain some HD space. I work in Los Angeles and when I come home for a weekend, the drive is darn near full again! For instance, last weekend I had the free space back up to 13ishGB. I just looked at the c: properties and it's down to 2gb. The typical useage is my wife and Quicken spreadsheets, my teen son and his Command and Conquer game and my teen daughter who's newest endeavor is Yahoo mail. There must be a method to search the computer to find a very large file folder. Can this be done? When my son uses Command and Conquer, does it save a game and take up space? I have to think that there's one culprit and it's hiding somehwere. Any help or suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance, Jon in American Fork.

05-24-2008, 07:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
diduknowthat formerly liuliuboy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Massachusetts Age: 18 Posts: 6,636	Under search there's an option where you can set the size of the file. Also, check if your system restore is on. It takes up a lot of hard drive space by creating checkpoints. __________________ Dell Latitude XT Convertible Tablet Intel Core 2 Duo U7600 1.2ghz CPU 3GB DDR2 677 Memory 120GB 1.8" PATA Hard Drive ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 Graphics 12.1" WXGA LED Touch Screen N-Trig Capacitive Touch/Active Digitizer

05-25-2008, 01:30 AM	#4 (permalink)
rts_conrad Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Beijing, China Age: 13 Posts: 46	Also depending on what C&C game your son has that could use a fair amount of memory. If it's Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars then it's 6GB, with Kane's Wrath I think it adds another 5. __________________ http://card.mygamercard.net/cylinder/Supernaught95.png

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Freezing and noise issues	guarinnd	Desktop Computers	5	05-24-2008 04:57 PM
Hard disk space vs. "accessible" space	sarracenia	Computer Memory and Hard Drives	3	03-03-2008 06:47 AM
Can I safely reformat an empty partition to reclaim "used" space?	TRUEfrancesca	Computer Memory and Hard Drives	1	01-16-2008 05:57 PM
Help needed, difficulties in solving low disk space	klon789	Computer Memory and Hard Drives	4	12-20-2007 06:16 PM
Hard drive space (after deleting partitions) ???	j4mes_bond25	General Software	3	01-04-2006 09:45 AM

05-24-2008, 09:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
JonH New Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 22	EXCELLENT!! I found a 58gb (!?!?!?!?) movie on there in about two secs. So after a very preliminary dump, there's an easy 70gb of space back there. We immediatley pointed a finger at my daughter who likes to download American Idol type junk. Thanks for the quick and easy fix. Jon in American Fork.