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I have a Surface Pro 3
running on Windows 8.1 with 128GB space as original disk space which was bought around 6 months or so ago and I like it very much.
But what I discovered is that its diskspace dwindles faster than a bullet train. I mean for example at morning I have my disk space at around 32GB and then suddenly at night I have only 31.4GB left. Where does the 600MB goes when I know I didn't even install a program. I made a word file but I don't think it occupy that much :-) And this is only one example I saw it many times.
I already deleted many applications and deleted files from recycle bin and unnecessary pictures and still it's dwindling everyday very fast.
I setup e-mail by the way before for both yahoo and gmail (I have two on gmail) but I removed all of which except for the hotmail in which I don't receive many.
Any suggestion how could I stop this bleeding?
While all suggestions are very good tricks to quickly reclaim space, they will not explain 100 GB space loss in 6 months (if I understand question correctly). And, unlike politicians, Windows will sometimes give back what it took (i.e. shrink pagefile)... ;)And I don't think Surface will have one that big, anyway...;) – AcePL – 2015-02-11T10:52:50.427
@AcePL I don't think you understood the question correctly. OP didn't say that the 100GB used is all unaccounted for. In my answer I've suggested using an application to scan the drive and check where all of the space is going. If everything looks good in that regard, OP can use some of the other points to increase/gain back disk space. – Yass – 2015-02-11T11:06:50.537
Thank your answer @Yass Although this does not perfectly answers my question as AcePL implies but it did help me pointing out the possible source of the problem. And although aslo I am familiar with some of your solution except turning power-off charge but again it did help me. GOD bless. – Edper – 2015-02-12T00:57:12.770
@Yass - Yes and no. Question is not clear, and I had similar episode when switched from windows XP to Windows 7. In 6 months Windows folder bloated from 12 to 65 GB, with literally dozen programs installed (company computer, strict rules). So it is entirely possible for OP to "lose" 100 GB and first thing he needs to do is to know where it went, which your answer don't provide. Disabling hibernate disables "fast startup" and generally makes using portables inconvenient. But if he wants to... – AcePL – 2015-02-13T10:51:56.560
I don't know where all the data is going without a physical examination and as such I'm not qualified to provide a better answer. I believe my answer is sufficient, given the information provided by the OP. – Yass – 2015-02-13T19:25:31.943