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@Andvari this bloody issue was caused by Defraggler - the issue of abrupt loss of space!! And as I mentioned in a previous message I did all possible to configure DF in advanced options
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i mean i remember me darkly that this "thing" with fullfilled freespace could be from defraggler... normally it is ok after complete the process. have you defragmented the freespace?
take a look in your hdd -> if there are some or alot of created defraggler-folders -> i dont know exactly but i mean you can delete the kind of created unusual folders by defraggler...
I tried Wiztree and fair enough I found these huge 'articles' (what use to Windows/system are they) obviously these are whats taking up like 120GB a
and I know where they are but I cant get at them they have some sort of HSA attributes on them
But theyre files/articles created during the defrag process I know because I saw the Pie chart overview representing HDD space get fatter by a chunk in the first minute of the full defrag they must have been created right then & there
At the end of the day theres no getting rid of them to get my whopping 120Gigs back is there!
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At trium :- reinstall DeFraggler just to try that You must be joking! I am not letting DF cause any more problems on this machine - I am fkn. angryas hell about this
- Another thing: If the amount of free disk space goes under a certain level (1% ?? 0.5% ??) then Windows is smart enough to automatically free up space. And one of those things is that Windows removes is one or more System Restore Points.
- You can use CCleaner as well to remove one or more SRPs.
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I believe Win 10 disables System Restore by default.
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If it isn't it's worth turning off manually when using 3rd party defrag tools because it's been known for years they can trigger the creation of System Restore Points that hog the HDD space. It's just a matter of remembering to turn System Restore ("System Protection") back on if that's desired.
- There is another possibility to reduce the amount of space the SRPs occupy: The user can specify the % of disk space that is being used by System Restore. If e.g. 70% is considered to be too much then the user can reduce that % to say 60%, 50% or less.
- Windows keeps track of the files that were moved on the HD or SSD by a program (Not only Defraggler !!!) and those files are then included/archived/...... in the next SRP. But since Defraggler can move A LOT OF system files those SRPs can occupy LOTS of diskspace.