Windows 10: Issues with available space and running speed disk/RAM

A short while since March 15th I noticed an irregularity of disk space which marked a steady decline in my PC speed and response time. In mid-March, I noticed that permanently deleting large files wouldn't be reflected through available space and that the opposite would be seen with the space gradually decreasing as time progressed. Up until this point, the average has been between 433-441 GB out of 931 GB dropping to 432 or 430 or more with little cause for such. In some cases, this occurred gradually simply with the browser CCleaner browser running with few tabs being opened, fewer than wh

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My disk space is gone

Hi John,

Thank you for posting the query on Microsoft Community.

I do appreciate your efforts and time.

Try to run theSystem Maintenance Troubleshooter.

• 
  Press Windows key + W and type
  Troubleshooting.
  
• 
  Select Troubleshooting.
  
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  Select view all on the top left corner.
  
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  Click System Maintenance,
  follow onscreen instructions.
  

I suggest you to run Check Disk which performs an analysis of the disk. Refer to the steps below:

• Press Windows key + X.
• Click on Command prompt (Admin).
• Type chkdsk /f and hit enter.

For reference:

Tips to free up drive space on your PC:

Tips to free up drive space on your PC - Microsoft Support

Hope this helps in resolving the issue. If the issue persists, do get back to us. We will be happy to assist you.

 

RAM not running at correct speed.

Hi dasokz

It may well be that Windows is not reporting the clock speed of your RAM correctly, while in the background it is running at the correct speed, this is a regularly reported issue with Windows 10 . ..

To check this out, download a monitoring utility like the free version of Speccy to see if you RAM is actually running at the correct speed on you system . . .

 

Ram Speeds

Hi dhruvk1

The Specs for that laptop list your RAM clock speed at 2400Mhz, even if you do but 2666Mhz RAM, the system will match the speed of the ram Sticks to the lower of the two automatically . . .