Windows 10: System and Reserved Keeps Growing.

Hi, So I'm posting here because I have yet to find a thread with an actual solution to this problem online. I've seen other folks ask about this question, and so far, no real solutions.


My concern is that the system and reserved folder on windows 10 seems to grow at an alarming rate no matter what I do. I have a 2016 HP Envy laptop. Over the past few months my performance got worse and worse, with disk usage and CPU usage spiking to 100% during really low power activities such as web browsing. I also noticed that over time my startup got slower and slower.

I still had over 400 GB of free space. When I checked my storage though, I noticed that the section labeled "system and reserved" folder was over 240 GB. This was 240 GB that I could not modify or delete because it was all "essential" for windows to run properly. I ran disk cleaners, even did a full defrag, but nothing worked. I called tech support and they thought it was because of a partition I had created for an Ubuntu boot, so they suggested that I do a full clean install. The partition was not the problem.

I did what they said. I completely gutted the computer did a fresh clean reboot of the operating system. With a fresh install, I saw that the system and reserve files were at around 20 GB, which is normal. That's how much space windows and it's essential files should take up. I thought that my problem was solved, but I have noticed that the system and reserved folder has started to grow again. I've been keeping a log on my computer, and it grows almost 1GB a day. I have no idea why this is happening, and it's getting really frustrating.

I have run a full virus scan, I've tried defragging and as stated earlier I have reinstalled the OS with a clean install. I really want a solution to this. It makes no sense that window's essential files keep growing and growing. At this rate I'll have to clean install my OS every few months, which is totally insane. All the answers I've seen from microsoft on this topic say to do exactly what I've already done. Let me tell you, it doesn't work.

If that's just how windows 10 is built, then Microsoft has a serious design flaw. If anyone has any idea how to work around this, please let me know!

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System & reserved files are keep on growing and taking up all the disk space

Why are System files keep on growing, how to free up ?

 

System & reserved files are keep on growing and taking up all the disk space

Before you can find out WHY the folders are growing, you need to find out WHICH folders are growing. This tool should help:

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

A Google search for the offending folders is likely to answer your WHY question.

 

System and Reserved files keeps growing Windows 10

Hi,

Backup and recovery software or corrupted system files are some of the factors which can take up some space in the system and reserved partition. To isolate your concern, we'd like to ask the following:

• What is the make and model of your device?
  
• Which Windows build version is running on your device? Type
  winver in the search box and press Enter to help you identify the build.
• Have you made any changes on your device after the recent clean install of
  Windows 10?

Meanwhile, if you have a back and recovery software installed on your device. Temporarily uninstall it and ensure to delete any unnecessary contents, files, or folders. Once you're done, monitor the system and reserved partition and check if space is still
used up.

We'll appreciate if you can send us an update.