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When your Windows PC starts to drag, a quick, low‑risk toolkit can often deliver the most visible improvement without a full reinstall: reclaim disk space, remove accumulated junk, and make file search and discovery snappier. The three free utilities I reach for first—WinDirStat, BleachBit, and...

If your AppData folder is ballooning and consuming valuable disk space, this guide walks through four practical fixes — from safe, built‑in cleanups to targeted troubleshooting for runaway temp producers — and explains the trade‑offs and safeguards every Windows user should know. Background...

Windows 11’s storage warnings are annoying—and avoidable—if you know where Windows hides junk and which built‑in tools remove it safely and quickly. This feature piece breaks down three fast, low‑risk ways to clear up storage space in Windows 11, explains what each does behind the scenes, and...

When setting up a new Windows 11 device, most users rely on the tools and features provided out of the box. However, if you’re looking to go beyond basic usage and truly unlock the potential of your machine, it’s worth turning to a curated collection of “power user” applications. These tools...

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...

Hi Here's the new version. After doing a clean install my C:\ drive is using 55 Gigabytes of the 100 available. I've eliminated Hiberfil.sys, removed Recovery Image, and moved the Pagefile to another drive. The thing that really puzzles me is how much space it used for System Volume...

Using the tool WinDirStat, I have been able to trim my hard drive down to 47 gigs (according to the program). However, under my computer, it says that the drive still has 179 gigs of data. What is causing the huge discrepancy? I just ran a chkdsk, and nothing spectacular happened. I am trying...

Hi. for the last 3 weeks something has been filling up my C: and I don't know what it is. when I reboot the lost space is back to free space. I have to reboot every 12 hours or so. I have a Sysinternals ProcMon Log for anyone to look at and tell me what the culprit is. WinDirStat doesn't help me...