topic Re: unexplained full hard drive in Computers & Electronics

unexplained full hard drive

goldrush444 — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 05:34:11 GMT

Hi, Ineed all you tech heads out there to please help me i have 1.21 gb programs installed on my computers hard drive and i have only got 5.16gb free out of 456gb and i cannot find out what is taking up so much room. I have tried compressing the files to no avail. but i have recently got on from adsl to the nbn as that might have something to do with it but im no sure, or my pc could have a virus.so your advive would be greatly appreciated THANKING YOU ALL IN ADVANCE.

Re: unexplained full hard drive

go-tazz — Mon, 17 Jul 2017 01:43:22 GMT

Empty your Recycle bin,clear your cookies and cache,(that will get rid of all your junk files which may be taking

up a bit of space if you haven't cleared those in a while).

Just have your passwords handy as you'll need to log back into sites afterwards.

Putting an add blocker in place will also stop most of the adds.

Re: unexplained full hard drive

fa1r1e — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:11:51 GMT

i downloaded a free program called spacesniffer a while ago that solved this problem for me. awesome, showed me what files were hogging all my diskspace - turned out to be log dumps from an online game. u probably want to be careful where you download from to avoid adware and stuff. sorry, dont remember where i got it.

edit - doh sorry was meant to reply to OP and now can't see how to delete.

Re: unexplained full hard drive

fa1r1e — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 07:12:10 GMT

Re: unexplained full hard drive

ca04 — Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:39:37 GMT

Don't let it near the drinks cabinet ? 🙂