c drive ssd never fills

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  1. frank47

    frank47 Registered Member

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    My c drive always shows same amount of free space. My backup e drive keeps filling. windows 10
    appreciate any thoughts.
     
  2. Brian K

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    frank47,

    More details could be helpful.
     
  3. khanyash

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    A similar issue occurred on Windows 10, where the HDD filled up regardless of whether I added or removed software. I tried quite a few solutions I found on the net, but nothing worked. I finally reinstalled Windows 10 to fix the problem.
     
  4. Brian K

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    khanyash,

    Did your C: drive fill up? Frank47 said the C: drive wasn't filling up.
     
  5. khanyash

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    I have C (system) and D (data) partitions. Only C filled up when I installed, copied, or removed software and files.
     
  6. frank47

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    Thanks for replying sorry for delay mail went to spam..I only know enough to get in trouble on my pc. The only way I know how to explain my problem is,I have ssd hard drive (C) and ssd drive backup (E) C drive never fills remains at 784 gb free of 987gb while E drive keeps filling. Both drives plug into same area.Have E drive listed as backup.Hope this is clear.
     
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    Open Drive E and see what's going on. Sort by date modified.
     
  9. frank47

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    Thanks if you say thats normal good enough for me
     
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    It is obvious to me that somebody has setup a software to do regular backups of your system SSD labeled C, and the destination is the backup SSD labeled E. This is what is causing your E SSD to fill up. You just need to find out which backup software has been used and either manually delete the old backups or set the option inside the backup software to automatically delete the older backups.
     
  11. Brian K

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    What does TreeSize say about the System Volume Information folder on the E: drive? What is the size?
     
  12. frank47

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    Raza I believe you are right,But what I can't figure out is if my c drive doesn't fill why not settle for smaller drive instead of tera byte?
    Brian, i didn't download treeSize
     
  13. Raza0007

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    Thats a good point. This should have been considered at the time of purchase. But you can always partition the C drive in two, and keep, lets say 200 GB for the system C drive for OS and apps only, and then you will have the remaining 800 GB free for something else. A benefit of a larger SSD is that you get higher data transfer speeds and a much longer mean time between failures, and with SSD prices nowadays 1 TB is the one I would have gone for too.

    Also double check, I believe your E drive is probably a regular HDD, not a SSD, because however installed it clearly installed it for backups and usually those are regular HDDs.
     
  14. frank47

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    Raza I don't want to beat a dead horse I am less than a novice tho advanced in age.But just for some clarity What I did was bought an ssd cloned it with Macrium reflect, didn't partition it just replaced my drive with it. Then bought another ssd to use as backup. Thanks for your reply's.
     
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