Windows 10: My C: Drive is randomly gaining storage

Discus and support My C: Drive is randomly gaining storage in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; The past week I noticed my C: Drive was gaining storage very slowly for no reason. Today I decided to remove some stuff from it because it was gaining... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/TrueRepz, Dec 5, 2020.

  1. My C: Drive is randomly gaining storage


    The past week I noticed my C: Drive was gaining storage very slowly for no reason. Today I decided to remove some stuff from it because it was gaining quite a bit, it was roughly at 60 gigs when I removed stuff and got it to 151 gigs. I took a screenshot right after cleaning to see how much its losing after a couple days, I go back to check and now its at 47 gigs. I am NOT nor have been downloading ANYTHING on that drive. I have no idea what's going on or why it's been gaining randomly. It literally has gained 100 gigs today for no reason

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    /u/TrueRepz, Dec 5, 2020
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  2. Anwille Win User

    extend c drive storage space

    Hi, I'm , an Independent Advisor.

    Disk Management is a Windows built-in tool that supports to increase partition size with its "Extend Volume" feature. However, the program has some limitations in increasing disk space:

    - Extend Volume only works on NTFS and RAW partition. FAT32 and other file systems are not supported.

    - The Extend Volume will grey out if there is no adjacent unallocated space behind the target partition.

    So, the ways to increasing C drive with or without adjacent unallocated space are different. Open the Disk Management, and follow the right tutorials listed below to extend the local disk C drive on your own now:

    #1. Increase C Drive Space with Adjacent Unallocated Space

    Step 1. Right-click This PC/My Computer, click "Manage", select "Disk Management" under Storage.

    Step 2. Locate and right-click on the local disk C drive, and choose "Extend Volume".

    Step 3. Set and add more space to your system C drive and click "Next" to continue.

    Step 4. Click "Finish" to complete the process.

    Note that if that unallocated space on your system disk is not behind the C drive, you can't extend C drive in Disk Management.

    Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help you further!
     
    Anwille, Dec 5, 2020
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  3. thomaseg1 Win User
    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 .

    for
    • 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)
     
    thomaseg1, Dec 5, 2020
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  4. My C: Drive is randomly gaining storage

    Hard Drive Storage

    I have a 500Gb Hard Drive, running Windows 10 Pro version 1909. My c drive is nearly full, I have checked every area on the pc and nothing adds up to the 486Gb I'm supposed to have available. I have gone to Settings > System > Storage - it shows that 401Gb
    is being taken up by Apps and features but when I click on this and show the list of installed apps with their sizes, I have added up the entire list and it comes to 25Gb total. It doesn't show what's eating up the rest of the 400Gb of space. I have deleted
    everything I can and have only been able to free up 11Gb so far so my c drive is still showing red. At this point is the only other step to reload the pc, or does anyone have any suggestions as to what it might be and how to fix?

    Thanks,

    Heather
     
    Heather Clemons, Dec 5, 2020
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