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    Windows 10 Different size on disk for same file/similar drive

    Hello All, I'm using 2 external HDD on my laptop under Windows 10. Both are exactly the same: same brand, same model, same capacity, same format (NTFS). I use 1 for my daily use, the second one as backup which I synchronize frequently with the first one. However I noticed a difference with some...
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    Windows 7 Hello Help PLease!!!

    Dear Users, my notebook`s Drive C: is decreasing withing minutes! I deleted a lot of things, and i had forexample 2 GB space! then it becomes 135Mb and when i Refresh the Windows Explorer! it is decreasing withing seconds! what can be the problem?!
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    Windows 7 How to Resize Windows 7 Partition Without Losing Data in Dual Boot Setup

    I have been experimenting with another OS and running dual boot. I allocated too much space to windows and wish to decrease it. Can I still do this without losing data in my Window 7 OS? If so what tool should I use and how to go about it. Thank you.
  4. Windows 10 Onedrive Without Onedrive Folder

    HELLO, I think is possible to resolve my question. I don´t want to use the ONEDRIVE FOLDER because I waste double space in hard disk. How i can do this only using the space in the ONEDRIVE Cloud? I have, because I bought OFFICE 365, 1 TB of space in ONEDRIVE Cloud. If I have files near this...
  5. Windows 7 What to do with ever-expanding updates Win 7?

    I have a fixed-size partition C for my Windows 7 (I've given it almost 100 GBs and I don't download anything or leave it on C. I have Linux installed as well) and It's coming closer and close to being full. I'd like to hear your suggestions/advice on how you guys deal with this issue/problem?
  6. Windows 10 Many Times my Harddisk shows as 99% usage

    Is it a bug or some mishaps. I am running windows 10 home.
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    Windows 10 Folder size info

    My hard drive is getting full. Is there a way to see all at once which folders are the largest? I know I can open the properties for each one, but I remember years ago before Windows there was a utility called "Keep Track" that showed all the folders and their sizes all at once. That would be...
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    Windows 10 Can I delete Windows10Upgrade folder?

    Can I delete Windows10Upgrade folder? I am looking for stuff to delete, so I can have more space. This folder is 3.26GB. I don't think it does anything other than taking space.
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    Windows 7 Hidden files clogging HD

    Recently noticed my C: drive had almost maxed out (47 GB free of 457 GB). Knowing this wasn't right I did a quick total of all the files which came out at about 250 GB. I then went back and carefully checked each folder and file and still came up with 250GB. Then I downloaded an analytical...
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    unknown ssd/harddrive space

    How can I recover 15 GB of C: partition ssd space that WinDirStat shows as "unknown" and I cannot access? I know this "unknown" 15 GB is real because Windows File Explorer shows there is an unexplained shortage of disk space. Its 15 GB or perhaps more. I don't have a problem accounting for the...
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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Win folder huge size

    My Windows folder in C drive is occupying 50gb of disk space. But the total space used by individual files in that folder adds up to 20gb. Please help me to remove that 30gb
  12. Windows 10 81.2 GB of Apps & Games?!

    Hi everyone, I was checking my storage to find that I only have 734 MB left! And that’s out of 119 GB!! So of course I checked what exactly is taking up this much and found Apps and Games to take up 81.2 GB! Huh strange since I really don’t download any apps much less games and I sorted them by...
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    Windows 10 OneDrive under Appdata/Local/Microsoft takes up 200gb

    So, I've been having issues with my main harddrive (A 250gb Samsung 750 Evo SSD) constantly becoming full, mainly as a result of downloads and whatnot after having not much space left. So i decided to do a thorough search for the main problem, and strangely enough, it seems to be the Onedrive...
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    Windows 10 Low disk space after fresh W10 install.

    Hello Yesturday i did a fresh install of Windows 10 and I have deleted a lot of bloatware from the computer but I am still very limited in space on the C drive. Only 38GB out of 97.5GB is free. I feel there should be alot more space than this free, and if I am not mistaking, the computer had...
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    Windows 10 Windows 10 Update Assistant Error

    I use Windows 7 ultimate 64 bit. I tried to upgrade windows 7 to 10 via windows 10 assistive technologies update. But after downloading full file it showing error of missing dll files. Tried to install several dll files still it's showing other dll file missing. And the error code is...
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    Windows 10 Partition SSD to prevent win10 from using up all the space?

    Alright I have a 60GB ssd on my desktop and I have noticed Windows is using up almost 60% of my disk space (according to WizTree). Windows is preventing me from deleting some junk (like unneeded upgrade files, OneNote, and even Visual Studio) so I currently have about 5GB of space left even...
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    File history on server?

    Hi, I have some network shares connected to my client from my server and I want to use File History on my server but I know that's not possible and that's a same it should bee great to run on it. (I'm running Windows Server 2016) What I understand is that then I should use Shadow Copy but...
  18. Windows 8 Svchost.exe is making files!

    I don't really know how to describe it but svchost is making hundreds of 100mb files with weird names (see screenshot) Until there's no space left in my hard disk! I formatted disk f to see what happens and I saw 50+MBPS write speed on front of svchost.exe(IN TASK MANAGER) and within hour disk f...
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    Windows 7 Can't download app player due to no space- but there is

    Hi, I have a Samsung N110 with a windows 7 starter version, old I know! I'm trying to download the Bluestacks app player, however when it's installing, it stops, and there's an error message saying it needs at least 2GB of space This is on the C disk, which currently has 79GB free, I tried...