[Sudden Disk Fill Up]

Hi Brad3152,

This is baffling.Maybe Murphy"s law has struck and you are the victim.

I haven't heard any other reports like this.

Since you say you are a complete novice,I am going to try to simplify as much as I can.

 

First thing you need to do is find out if your disk has filled with one big file or many copies of the same file.We are going to use the Disk Defragmenter program to help.We are just going to Analyze.

Defragmenting now would be a waste of time.You can use "Defraggler" program also to do the same thing.

Do the following.Left click Start.Right click on MY COMPUTER,LEFT click on MANAGE.

On the left LEFT click on Disk Defragmenter.Now LEFT click on ANALYZE.This may take awhile.

When it finishes Analyzing a box will appear.LEFT Click on View Report.

LEFT Click Save As and save it on your Desktop..(If using Defraggler RIGHT click on the report screen and Left click on save list to text file.)

You can scroll down the Most fragmented files report looking for a file with many segments and many MB or Gigs.This way you find the monster file.Write down its name and path.DO NOT DELETE ANY FILES until you communicate with us.If you created many copies of a small file, we will have to deal with that differently.

Cut and paste that report and send it in your reply.If it too long send it as an attachment or a .zip file.

 

Second thing is to answer some questions.

Did you run CCleaner with no other programs running?

 

Did you have any problems downloading CCleaner?

 

Did you run the Cleaner function only?

 

Did you change any options?

 

What Browsers, Security programs do you use?

Enough for now.We will be looking for your reply.

Good Luck,

davey

I ran my defrag program but it did not change a thing.I should note,I also run another disk cleanup program called Window Washer,and it causes the same rapid disk fill up problem.I have around 80 gigs of music,movies,and photos,zip files etc. saved in a folder I named 'Temp Downloads' on my C drive.When I did an advanced search for temp files,it showed that file,plus thousands of previously deleted files,so it appears these "deleted files" are somehow being saved?My HDD is 250 gigs,so there is supposedly plenty of space left,yet it keeps filling up when I run CC.As I say,I'm truly baffled.I hope someone can help.Thank you,Brad

[Sudden Disk Fill Up]

Hello,I'm a complete novice,so I hope someone can help me.While running CCleaner today,my HDD suddenly filled nearly all the way up,adding gigs of ??? I'm baffled.Thanx,Brad