Deleting Windows Files to Free Space
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jonnyp11
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Re-deleted the pagefile on C and hit set this time so it stays off, so now it's almost at 10GBs free again. But still not adding up right and i used WinDirStat that voyager told someone on a different thread to use and it totaled my used space at about 22GBs. I just don't get what's going on, why it says i have so little used but so much filled.
Even if your system restore is set to 0%, you still need to turn it off. Pretty sure it hold so much space even set at 0%. But even with that I dont see of anyway of getting rid of 20GB. Plus your User folder holds alot of files.
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Have you got show hidden files and folders checked?
Dont really see where doing a restore and keep files would get you. A full reset, you might as well do a clean install. Would lose all your file associations either way.
Have you turned off previous versions?
Dont have the original files on a USB still AFAIK for a reinstall but putting the update on my USB so will see if that can anything. Just going to try a few ways to not lose all my stuff
Do you have previous versions disabled for the C: drive? That will also consume space.
jonnyp11
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Of course i do the refresh, and the windows.old folder is right at 40gbs, but the new oneis right at 10. Just hoping when i plug the f3 back in the icons will still work and IIRC i did something like this before and launching steam just reinstalled itself and it worked fine again
Quickpaw
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Why do you need a USB stick to save your data when you said you have that 1TB drive in there?
Just copy whatever you want to save to the 1TB drive, reformat the SSD and do a clean install of windows 8, copy your files back over and then clean up the HDD. Your settings and programs won't carry over but your user folder is easily saved and your computer will run better as a result of doing things fresh.
I dont know much about how SSDs calculate free space in windows but could this be a TRIM issue?
Just copy whatever you want to save to the 1TB drive, reformat the SSD and do a clean install of windows 8, copy your files back over and then clean up the HDD. Your settings and programs won't carry over but your user folder is easily saved and your computer will run better as a result of doing things fresh.
I dont know much about how SSDs calculate free space in windows but could this be a TRIM issue?
Dont think it would be TRIM. It pretty much will show deleted/moved data as being open so it should show as free space.
jonnyp11
Try this and see what it shows.
http://windirstat.info/
jonnyp11
Try this and see what it shows.
http://windirstat.info/
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jonnyp11
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that showed it only had like 22GB used
Already did the refresh, it had a new windows folder and a windows.old one that just so happened to be about 40GB's, deleted it and installed the update and it's working fine so far. Only issue other than losing my favorites and such is Origin stopped recognizing all my games so i have to redownload them some time (think i lost the sames too which really does piss me off and i didn't even think about that till now), but steam just has to re-install them, the files are all still there though. Just wish it could'a left the registry alone or whatever.
actually looked and remembered most of them made save spots in the documents are which was carried over and preserved.
I currently have well over 20GBs free after updates and everything.
Already did the refresh, it had a new windows folder and a windows.old one that just so happened to be about 40GB's, deleted it and installed the update and it's working fine so far. Only issue other than losing my favorites and such is Origin stopped recognizing all my games so i have to redownload them some time (think i lost the sames too which really does piss me off and i didn't even think about that till now), but steam just has to re-install them, the files are all still there though. Just wish it could'a left the registry alone or whatever.
actually looked and remembered most of them made save spots in the documents are which was carried over and preserved.
I currently have well over 20GBs free after updates and everything.
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Old folder. Did you install the release preview as a upgrade?