Weird. (Paging Nibby)

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 11/13/2015 at 01:56 • Filed to: None

0

11

I deleted big files, mostly movies that have been sitting in my PC and doesn’t get watched for, like, a long time now, and then suddenly I’m getting lesser disk space instead of freeing up more. Like, I deleted them all, and then suddenly the used space climbed from 124 GB to 135 GB, and then to 137 GB.

StoneCold > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 02:06

0

What operating system?

(And I know this may seem kinda obvious, but just in case, did you permanently delete them right away or send them to the Trash/Recycle Bin then empty it?)

Wheelerguy > StoneCold 11/13/2015 at 02:08

0

Yeah, perma-delete.

Goggles Pizzano > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 02:19

1

Check your paging file? If Windows is set to automatically adjust the size, it may have done just that.

Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 02:20

0

Joke: Did you try turning it on and off again?

Actual seriousness: Did you restart your computer?

Sam > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 03:12

0

1) Restart and see if that resolves it.

2) Defrag your hard drive. If you don’t know how to do that, let me know.

mcseanerson > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 03:48

0

Run ccleaner.

Wheelerguy > Sam 11/13/2015 at 04:08

0

13% fragmentation on analysis using Defraggler.

samssun > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 05:07

1

Shadow Copy, aka automatic backup of your recent state. To get rid of them: Disk Cleanup, More Option tabs, under System Restore and Shadow Copies hit Clean Up, then go back to the Disk Cleanup tab and run it. I’ve seen dozens of invisible gigs reappear.

Bad Idea Hat > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 08:06

0

Did you empty your recycle bin afterwards?

Nibby > Wheelerguy 11/13/2015 at 09:08

1

If y ou don’t use it, disable system restore. If you have 8GB or more RAM, set your pagefile to a fixed 1GB.

Wheelerguy > Nibby 11/13/2015 at 09:43

0

Let me see what I can do. I’ll report with another post afterward. Anyway, thanks.