Windows 10: I need to clean out my storage Windows C:

I need to free up space in my Windows C: and I am not sure which files are the ones that keep windows running smoothly and which files I can uninstall to free up space in my hard drive. Please help!!!!!!!

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What's eating up my \C: drive?

From the list above you haven't used storage sense or disk clean.
$GetCurrent is upgrade files which can be cleared with either .

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• Step 1: Press Windows+Pause Break key to open System and choose System protection.
• Step 2: Select the hard disk whose system protection is on, and click Configure.
• Step 3: Tap the Delete button.
• Step 4: Choose Continue to remove all restore points on the selected drive.

restore points (system volume)

 

What's eating up my \C: drive?

That reduced System Volume Information to 662 KB, left $GetCurrent at 3.8 GB which is called media when clicking the little arrow. Storage sense or Disk cleanup gave no reference to $GetCurrent, and the [2 files] are pagefile.sys and swapfile.sys.

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I will thank everyone and mark this thread as solved, I now have over 27 GB of free space on my C: drive, it must just slowly get down to size where Windows warned me with a red "flag" when viewing This PC.

 

Windows 10 infinite restart black screen


The tutorials provided are just a list of troubleshooting steps. Use only the steps which apply to you.

Since none of the troubleshooting steps here worked, I'd suggest you do a Clean install.

John