Windows 10: sudden loss of HD space

Discus and support sudden loss of HD space in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; I had almost 300 g of 500 g free and suddenly it went to under 100 g. I did a system restore from before the memory loss and it is still there. can I... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by thelastzack, Nov 1, 2015.

  1. THELASTZACK
    thelastzack Win User

    sudden loss of HD space


    I had almost 300 g of 500 g free and suddenly it went to under 100 g. I did a system restore from before the memory loss and it is still there. can I find these 'files' and delete them or what is the problem?

    :)
     
    thelastzack, Nov 1, 2015
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  2. GILTANENBAUM
    GilTanenbaum Win User

    Sudden loss of 165 gig of hard drive space

    For no apparent reason I went from more than 165 gig open on my C drive to only 200 mb. The User folder in Windows 10 now shows it takes up more than 165 gig but its contents do not. Help, what should I do?
     
    GilTanenbaum, Nov 1, 2015
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  3. ZIGZAG3143 (MS -MVP)
    ZigZag3143 (MS -MVP) Win User
    Sudden loss of 165 gig of hard drive space

    There is a good 3rd party (free) tool called treesize (from Jam software) that will tell you what is using the space
     
    ZigZag3143 (MS -MVP), Nov 1, 2015
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  4. TOPGUNDCP
    topgundcp Win User

    sudden loss of HD space

    topgundcp, Nov 1, 2015
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  5. AELAAN
    aelaan Win User
    Were you using file history to an external device and disconnected this? Windows will put these in a special "hold" folder until you reconnect the external device. A descriptive symptom is here: but is is not - Microsoft Community
     
    aelaan, Nov 1, 2015
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  6. THELASTZACK
    thelastzack Win User
    much appreciated thank you
    yes this was likely the issue
     
    thelastzack, Apr 4, 2018
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