Posts by electricsailor2

Well, unfortunately, it just wasn't our day this time, but I'm staying positive because there's always next time...🙄

My only real concerns are if Bielecki starts acting out, or heaven forbid, if Slawomir loses his edge.

Larry Ortiz5 said:The System Restore feature tends to be the biggest space hog on your hard drive if it's currently active, and how much room it takes up really just depends on whatever percentage you have allocated for it. Once you've gone ahead and cleared out those old restore points, you can easily run CCleaner to scrub away even more junk and reclaim some extra storage space.

Alright, thanks for the tip.😁 I've been using CCleaner for quite a while now, though lately, I've actually found myself leaning more towards Glary Utilities.👍

Joshua Kim39 said:😲

Man, this has turned into a total epidemic lately. Everywhere I look online, people are pointing out how their C: drive just seems to fill itself up out of nowhere. Just take a look at how many people are talking about it right here on this forum alone.

I’m running into the exact same thing myself. I actually just swapped out my hard drive recently, so I’ve been being super careful about what I download or install because I really want to keep my PC as clean as possible for as long as I can.

But even so, what I’m noticing is that my C: drive keeps filling up... like, roughly at a rate of 1GB every 4 or 5 days (😲), even though I haven't downloaded or installed a single thing onto it. Technically speaking, it isn't a massive deal for me since I have a literal truckload of free space left on my C: drive, but I still find myself wondering, wtf?

We might honestly need to collectively hire a private investigator to figure out wtf is actually going on here. 😠

So you're saying you lose a gig every 4 or 5 days? Well, I've been keeping an eye on 'System Restore' lately, and I noticed that the 'Current usage' was sitting at 11.4 MB this morning, and now it’s already jumped up to 362.30 MB. Hmm, maybe that's where those gigs are disappearing to, but hey, I'm certainly no expert on these things, so who knows...

Joshua Kim39 said:Where can I actually find those System Restore settings, and how do I go about shrinking the amount of disk space it uses so I can free up some room?

To get there, you just need to head over to the Control Panel and select System and Security, then click on System, and once you're there, look for System protection on the left-hand side where you'll see an option to Configure restore settings, manage disc space, and delete restore points. Just click on Configure... and you can adjust everything exactly how you want it. 😁

wearymason4 said:...you see explanations popping up all the time about what steps you should take... if you just take a look at posts like that, you'll see they usually suggest tweaking your System and Security settings, like limiting the space used for a system restore to maybe 5% of your hard drive instead of letting it hog 100%, plus there's always a bit of digital junk you can clear out using something like CCleaner...

It turns out the culprit really was the system restore settings. 😵 Max usage had somehow been set to 140 GB, and honestly, I have no clue how that happened because I never even touched that setting. So, I just went ahead and clicked "delete all restore points from this drive," and suddenly all those gigabytes were back in my pocket. 👍 A huge thank you to everyone for the help and for all the great advice in the comments. 👍

I'm still such a total newbie when it comes to this kind of stuff, so what can you do? 🤦

Hey everyone,

So, I recently finished installing Windows 8.1 on my machine, and I've run into a bit of a headache, so I was hoping some of you tech wizards might be able to point me in the right direction—thanks in advance!

I can't quite put my finger on what's going wrong, but it feels like gigabytes of storage have just vanished into thin air from my C: drive. My setup has two partitions, C and D, and while everything looks perfectly fine on the D: drive, my C: drive is reporting only 108 GB of free space out of a total 273 GB. The thing is, I haven't really installed anything on this computer yet, aside from Windows itself and one single game that only takes up about 4.5 GB.

After doing a little digging online, I stumbled upon a scanning tool that checks all sorts of system data, and it led me to the conclusion that there are these mysterious files taking up a massive amount of room. We're talking about individual files ranging anywhere from 2 GB to as much as 19 GB, so I'm attaching a screenshot here in the hopes that someone can help me out, since I'm definitely not an expert when it comes to PC hardware and software.

Screenshot: http://s8.postimg.org/45ngxmi45/xxx.png

My main question is, would it be safe for me to go ahead and delete those files?

Hey everyone, how’s it going?

So, I recently finished installing macOS Mojave on my machine, and I’ve run into a bit of a headache that I can't quite wrap my head around, so I was hoping some of you tech experts might be able to point me in the right direction. Thanks in advance!

I’m honestly stumped because it feels like gigabytes of storage have just vanished into thin air from my primary drive. My setup is split into two partitions, C and D; everything looks perfectly fine on the D drive, but the C drive is telling me I only have 108 GB free out of 273 GB. This is strange because I haven't installed anything significant on this computer yet, aside from the OS itself and one single game that only takes up about 4.5 GB.

After doing a little digging online, I stumbled upon a scanning tool that checks for various system files, and it led me to discover a bunch of mysterious files that are taking up a massive amount of space. These files range anywhere from 2 GB to as much as 19 GB each, so I’m attaching a screenshot here in hopes that someone can help me make sense of this, since I'm definitely not a computer expert.

Screenshot: http://s8.postimg.org/45ngxmi45/xxx.png

My main question is, is it safe for me to just go ahead and delete these files?