Flashermac Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 My old PC finally was laid to rest several months ago and I bought a new one. Now I notice the D drive is almost full. WTF? Any idea what is going on? Nothing shows on virus scans. Is the backup going crazy? The D drive is 232 GB. Right now it says I have only 20 GB free and it appears in red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acockasian Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 My old PC finally was laid to rest several months ago and I bought a new one. Now I notice the D drive is almost full. WTF? Any idea what is going on? Nothing shows on virus scans. Is the backup going crazy? The D drive is 232 GB. Right now it says I have only 20 GB free and it appears in red. Mac, On a lot of computers I have had the last few years the d drive is the restore partition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hi, Have you set the D drive as the destination for Windows backups? If so, you might have a look at deleting a bunch of restore points. Running CCleaner might not be a bad idea either. http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Thanks. I'm still trying to figure out the "new improved" Windows. I suspect it is the backup, since I have added nothing to the D drive. In fact, I have deleted things ... only to see it keep filling up. Right now it is set for backup once a week. Too often? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Now I see I can't even change the timing of backup! When I click "change settings", it simply backs up! I can only turn it on or off. Effing Monkeysoft!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hi, Backup once a week too often? Depends on how much/often your data changes I suppose. I think once a week should be fine though. Thing is that it creates a full backup every week, and each of these is likely several 100Mb in size. No point in keeping backups from 6-7 months ago. So, just delete those. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Since I've had the computer less than 3 months, I don't have any backups over six months old. At the rate it is going, the D drive with be full in another month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted April 9, 2013 Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Hi, Backup once a week too often? Depends on how much/often your data changes I suppose. I think once a week should be fine though. Thing is that it creates a full backup every week, and each of these is likely several 100Mb in size. No point in keeping backups from 6-7 months ago. So, just delete those. Sanuk! A full backup? Of all that porn? Maybe more than a few 100Mb. Open windows explorer, click on the D drive so you see a listing of the files and folders on this D drive. Press ALT + Print Screen. Open a reply window and then right click paste the image into the reply window. Highlight the image and resize so it's not enormous but still readable.Might give us a clue as to what is being stored there. Just a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 Let me go add things up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted April 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2013 I doesn't add up ... BACKUP - 9.68 GB USER PC - 60.1 GB WINDOWS IMAGE - 58.3 GB Programs - 12 MB Family (pics) - 65 MB Videos (Japanese "art") - 13 GB A few more files totalling a few MB So how does that account for 211 GB used? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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