Windows 10: System and Reserved Files filling entire c: drive free space 325GB

Discus and support System and Reserved Files filling entire c: drive free space 325GB in Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging to solve the problem; I'm having the same problem as described here:... Discussion in 'Windows 10 BSOD Crashes and Debugging' started by T-revly, Dec 26, 2020.

  1. T-revly Win User

    System and Reserved Files filling entire c: drive free space 325GB


    I'm having the same problem as described here: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-performance/system-and-reserved-files-are-taking-too-much/e73bc888-fff5-409a-8d91-d55b6a3aa843

    where no real answer was provided.


    In August 2020 I did a complete clean reinstall of Windows 10 1909, now updated to 20H2 to address this problem, and today in December 2020 the System files according to Storage Settings → System & Reserved are now taking up all 325 GB of the free space on my c: drive. Can't even save a file to my OneDrive.


    C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Search\Data\Applications\Windows\Windows.edb is fairly big but only 29.4 GB. I could probably stop the windows search service and delete it, but that's not even 10% of this problem, and the space I might gain would presumably soon be taken over by whatever is eating most of the rest of this space now.


    C:\Windows\Logs\CBS isn't the problem either, it's only a few MB I can't give the precise figure as Windows Explorer has now frozen.


    Any other tips? Thanks in advance.

    :)
     
    T-revly, Dec 26, 2020
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  2. AKK17 Win User

    C drive space filling

    My C drive space in Windows 10 is filling up rapidly. I tried deleting CBS files but that weren't occupying much space.

    I used Treesize but not able to make sense of which file is occupying unnecessary space and which file to delete.
     
    AKK17, Dec 26, 2020
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  3. [Suejin] Win User
    C drive space filling

    Have you check if Windows is currently downloading an update?

    You can try the suggested steps on this article:

    https://www.partitionwizard.com/partitionmagic/...

    This is a non-Microsoft website which would provide accurate and safe information. Watch out for ads on the site which are frequently classified as a PUP (Potentially Unwanted Products). There is no need to buy paid products to fix your computers as they do
    more harm than good sometimes.
     
    [Suejin], Dec 26, 2020
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  4. System and Reserved Files filling entire c: drive free space 325GB

    Unallocated Space to C Drive

    Thanks
     
    realtravisbrown92, Dec 26, 2020
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