Drive almost full installed windirstat but dont understand

bonoangel

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Please help I'm Not good with computers but my husband has destroyed 6 laptops in 3 years, so I'm not letting him get his hands on mine. My C/: Drive is almost full I have tried uninstalling everything I know I do not need. I have ran Disk clean up, I have went to the command prompt and ran an analyzer that was suggested on this forum board it said not to run the cleaner that it was checking for. I installed winDirstat and I have no clue what any of the information on it even means. I don't have many pictures saved to the Hard drive , I have no music files or movie files. So I don't understand why I have so much Hard drive space taken up any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank You.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    64-bit Windows 10
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom self built
    CPU
    Intel i7-8700K OC'd to 5 GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Maximus XI Formula Z390
    Memory
    64 GB (4x16GB) G.SKILL TridentZ RGB DDR4 3600 MHz (F4-3600C18D-32GTZR)
    Graphics Card(s)
    ASUS ROG-STRIX-GTX1080TI-O11G-GAMING
    Sound Card
    Integrated Digital Audio (S/PDIF)
    Monitor(s) Displays
    2 x Samsung Odyssey G7 27"
    Screen Resolution
    2560x1440
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung 990 PRO M.2,
    4TB Samsung 990 PRO PRO M.2,
    8TB WD MyCloudEX2Ultra NAS
    PSU
    OCZ Series Gold OCZZ1000M 1000W
    Case
    Thermaltake Core P3
    Cooling
    Corsair Hydro H115i
    Keyboard
    Logitech wireless K800
    Mouse
    Logitech MX Master 3
    Internet Speed
    1 Gb/s Download and 35 Mb/s Upload
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Malwarebyte Anti-Malware Premium
    Other Info
    Logitech Z625 speaker system,
    Logitech BRIO 4K Pro webcam,
    HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M477fdn,
    APC SMART-UPS RT 1000 XL - SURT1000XLI,
    Galaxy S23 Plus phone
If you know of somebody you trust and is a computer guru, have that person walk you through using a couple of "what's what & where" utilities and related clean-up utilities; Windows has a very good internal cleanup utility, and there are many very good 3rd party utilities. Having that person along side you for just one hour will put you in great position to fully understand the wonderful tutorials and informative threads you find in these forums.
[I hope you don't mind me asking: how does an otherwise-in-all-other-ways-very-good husband destroy laptops?]
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 Pro 64bit [MS blue-disk set]
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    2 Acers & 1 Antec[?]
    CPU
    i7 in 2 Acers, i5 in desktop
    Motherboard
    Desktop w/Gigabyte
    Memory
    Two w/16GB, 1 w/8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Laptops GameWorthy; Desktop maybe GameWorthy
    Monitor(s) Displays
    flatscreens; 2 are BluRay worthy
    Screen Resolution
    1368x768; 1600x900
    Hard Drives
    1TB internals; 2 ext usb WD 1TB HDs
    PSU
    what's PSU?
    Cooling
    Regular plus external fans
    Keyboard
    desktio w/PS2
    Mouse
    desktop w/PS2
    Internet Speed
    DSL middle level [160?]
    Browser
    from Netscape 0.9 to FF 36
    Antivirus
    well-balanced, well-configured mult-layered defense is best
    Other Info
    From MS-DOS 3.3, MS-DOS 6.22, from Windows 3.1 to WFW 3.11 to Windows 95-98SE, now to Windows 7 Pro.
    Security for now: Windows 7 Firewall, Emsisoft AM, MSE [scan-only], SpywareBlaster, Ruiware/BillP combine
Screenshot (1).png maybe you all can understand this
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
If you know of somebody you trust and is a computer guru, have that person walk you through using a couple of "what's what & where" utilities and related clean-up utilities; Windows has a very good internal cleanup utility, and there are many very good 3rd party utilities. Having that person along side you for just one hour will put you in great position to fully understand the wonderful tutorials and informative threads you find in these forums.
[I hope you don't mind me asking: how does an otherwise-in-all-other-ways-very-good husband destroy laptops?]
lol well he is worse with computers then me and he believes everything he reads on the internet and the scam pop ups
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
the program is very good, i used it recently. it says your system drive is only using about 17gb in total ! i'm not sure that is possible, no wonder you have problems though, if the system is complaining that you are running out of space, then the drive (partition) needs to be bigger. you are supposed to have a decent portion of breathing room for the system, and then space for you to do your tasks, and add files etc.

for now you can disable system restore, do disk clean (including the actual system button there) and disable hibernate to gain some space.

disable system restore:
1. right-click start menu button, click 'system', to the left click 'advanced system settings'.
2. go to the 'system protection' tab, click the 'C' drive in the box, click 'configure' button.
3. at the top select 'disable system protection', click 'ok' button at bottom.

disk clean - including system stuff:
1. in the file explorer, select and right-click the 'C' drive, go to 'properties'.
2. click 'disk clean-up' button, select the 'C' drive if it asks, click 'clean up system files' button.
3. scroll through the list and notice if any size ends with 'GB', highlight those and see what the information says about if they are safe to delete - they probably are. if you are concerned, post back here with the information.

disable hibernate:
1. type 'cmd' into the start menu search, and then right-click 'command prompt' to choose 'run as administrator'.
2. copy and paste the following command
Code:
powercfg /hibernate off
into the command prompt window and press Enter key.

now restart the computer.


as for how to use the nice WinDirStat tool, what you do is simply view. focus on the top-left side of the stats. the collumn headers 'name', 'percent' and 'size', also 'subtree percentage' for quick visual guidance. 'size' tells you the total size of that folder/file, the 'percentage' tells you how much of the total 'C' drive size is being taken up by the relevant item. click on the plus signs to the left of each main folder to dig deeper. for now though, do the above mentioned things and see what state it is afterwards.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Acer
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Avast free
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