C drive (SSD) fills up automatically whilst running Windows 8.1

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C drive (SSD) fills up automatically whilst running Windows 8.1

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Processor Intel i7-6700 CPU @ 3.4GHz, currently running Windows 8.1 (64 bit) (& MS Office 2013) on a 100Gbyte SSD. All my documents, music, pictures, videos are on a separate F drive (1 TB hard disk drive Raid 1). C drive subfolder useage adds up to 51 Gbyte, and yet the C drive has automatically filled to almost capacity. I have run disk clean-up, and deleted all unnecessary files, including downloads, recycle bin, etc, but this only recovers a small amount.

Your assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Phil

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Answer 1

You should look into moving your memory swap files to your f: drive and disable hibernation. That combined could eat a lot of your remaining space. If Windows 8.1 and Office updates are being downloaded and installed, those updates can also consume a good amount of space.

Answer 2

Use this free Program to see what is taking up the space.

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

Here is how to understand Treesize Screenshots:

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/screenshots.shtml

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Also check to see how much space System Restore is using and change if necessary:

"How to Change Maximum Disk Space Used by System Protection and System Images in Windows 8 and 8.1"

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/4691-system-protection-change-maximum-disk-space-usage-windows-8-a.html

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