Windows 10: Brand New Desktop - 500GB SSD: Windows System & Files taking up 192GB

I have a brand new desktop, got it last week. Runs greats, but I noticed that that my SSD is already filling up and, on inspection, System & Reserve are taking up 192GB! Anyway to fix this?



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Installing Windows 10 on a new SSD

I currently have Windows 7 64 bit installed on my old 256GB Crucial m4 SSD. I have a second 500GB 7200RPM HDD in my system installed that doesn't have anything on it. The SATA is operating as AHCI. I bought a new Samsung 500GB 850 Evo SSD the other day.
My question is, how can I install my Windows 10 on the new SSD? I want to take the old SSD out and sell it.

 

Windows 10 System and reserved using 500GB of 1TB Storage

Why is System & reserved using nearly 500GB? This is a brand new Acer Aspire E5 laptop just unpacked, with only factory installed programs and no other new programs. or files. Factory installed Windows 10 Home. It has a 1TB hard disk storage.

What is using up the 500GB?

 

System files taking up 170 GB on a brand new computer

Hi,

I just got a new computer today. It came with Windows pre-installed (but not set up). After setting up, I updated the OS and installed three or four programs (Steam, Spotify, Chrome, and one video game that takes up about 13 gigs).

I noticed that half of my 500 gb SSD is already taken up, about ~220 gb. Yet, when I highlighted all of the folders in my C drive (including hidden folders) and checked their combined size was only ~50 gb.

After a lot of searching, I found that the "system" files are supposedly 170 GB. This is as reported in Settings -> System -> Storage -> "Show more categories" -> System & reserved. (See screenshot.) This, of course, makes no sense. Even being extremely
generous, there's no reason the system files should be more than 70 GB. Note that the system files should not include any windows update stuff, any apps I've installed, or anything involving system restore, as these are all different categories.

I've noticed, when searching other threads, that there is some canned advice that people tend to give which is clearly not applicable here. So,
before you type anything:

• Do not suggest Disk Cleanup. Aside from the fact I've already done this, if you read the above it should be clear that it won't fix this problem.
• It seems very unlikely to me that there is some file buried deep in the C drive that I have access to and can delete. If there were, it wouldn't make sense for windows to report that all of the files in my C drive are only ~50 GB. In any case, I've checked
  a couple such files, like Windows.edb, and they weren't large.
• Do not suggest deleting the hibernation file. I've already done this.
• Do not suggest checking system restore, unless there's some reason system restore might end up taking more than the percentage of disk space you can set as its maximum.

This computer is brand new -- literally got it today. There's clearly a deeper problem here than any of the typical issues listed above.

Note that third party programs like TreeSize and WinDirStat do not show any appreciable difference in the size of the files on my C drive.

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