Solve : Randomly Disappearing HDD Space?

1.	Solve : Randomly Disappearing HDD Space?
Answer» Hello everyone I have been having a problem with my HDD space disappearing recently and was hoping someone here might have an idea what is going on. I will post the details below and below that I will post my specifications and computer information. So, a while ago I noticed I was low on HDD space (around 90 GB) so I deleted old games and programs I no longer use and after some time ended up with 300 GB of space, which I was happy with. A few days after this whilst I was playing a game I got a windows error message saying something similar to "You only have 11 MB of disk space left, clear some space to avoid problems" which left me shocked as I know I had 300 GB, and I had not installed anything recently. After receiving that message I quickly deleted more games I don't play and cleared 150 GB of space again. However, the next day I was on 40 GB and the day after that (today) I am now on 22.2 GB when I have not installed anything at all since then. Specifications: HDD - 1 TB Western Digital CPU - Intel core i5 2500k RAM - 8 GB 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance Graphics card - MSI TWIN Frozr II GTX 580 Operating System - Windows 7 64 bit home premium Anti Virus and firewall: McAfee LiveSafe Internet Security (Antivirus, firewall etc all in one package) I also use Malware Bytes Anti Malware to scan my system weekly. I don't have any back up programs or anything I could think of taking this memory. If you need any more information please let me know, and thank you for taking the time to read this. EDIT: I should probably mention I have SCANNED my system with McAfee, Malwarebytes Anti Malware, Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool, and Super Anti Spyware and none of the programs found any viruses or trojans etc.1) Do you have both Microsoft Security Essentials and McAfee Anti Virus installed? 2) Download and run treesize and let's see where the space is being used https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/ Quote from: Allan on February 18, 2014, 06:00:25 AM 1) Do you have both Microsoft Security Essentials and McAfee Anti Virus installed? 2) Download and run treesize and let's see where the space is being used https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/ Hi Allan, thanks for your reply. I am downloading Treesize as we speak, my internet speeds are slow at the moment so sorry for the slow reply. In answer to your question, I don't have Microsoft Security Essentials installed anymore no, I removed it when I got McAfee. I only have Malwarebytes Anti Malware and McAfee installed at the moment.Okay, good. As you probably know you should not have more than one AV installed at any time. By the way, just a personal observation if I may -- I think McAfee products are absolutely horrible. I would recommend virtually ANY other AV over McAfee. Quote from: Allan on February 18, 2014, 08:53:13 AM Okay, good. As you probably know you should not have more than one AV installed at any time. By the way, just a personal observation if I may -- I think McAfee products are absolutely horrible. I would recommend virtually ANY other AV over McAfee. Thanks! I will heed your recommendation and switch AV, are there any you personally use and recommend? Using the software you suggested I found the cause of all the HDD space loss; it is MSI Afterburner (I use it for fan control) and the key binding for start recording was CTRL+S which I use in games I play to save, so it has been recording everything I do for days haha. Thanks very much for your help! I would have never KNOWN if you didn't recommend I use that program; I never download videos so I never check there!Good detective work on your part with an assist by Allan... We love success stories here...Welcome Aboard.Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Personally, I'm a Kaspersky fan. I have KAV installed on all of my systems. There are also a lot of good free alternatives (Avira, Avast, AVG, etc. - and Microsoft Security Essentials is still decent - certainly better than McAfee). I suggest you do some homework on the web and pick something that sounds good to you. Quote from: patio on February 18, 2014, 09:19:12 AM Good detective work on your part with an assist by Allan... We love success stories here...Welcome Aboard. Hey Patio, thanks! I love this site already, lots of helpful information... and from what I can see people are very helpful and friendly. Quote from: Allan on February 18, 2014, 09:39:22 AM Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Personally, I'm a Kaspersky fan. I have KAV installed on all of my systems. There are also a lot of good free alternatives (Avira, Avast, AVG, etc. - and Microsoft Security Essentials is still decent - certainly better than McAfee). I suggest you do some homework on the web and pick something that sounds good to you. I have heard good things about Kaspersky myself, I will certainly do some homework though. Thanks again for your help, I added my thanks/+rep.

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Hello everyone

I have been having a problem with my HDD space disappearing recently and was hoping someone here might have an idea what is going on. I will post the details below and below that I will post my specifications and computer information.

So, a while ago I noticed I was low on HDD space (around 90 GB) so I deleted old games and programs I no longer use and after some time ended up with 300 GB of space, which I was happy with. A few days after this whilst I was playing a game I got a windows error message saying something similar to "You only have 11 MB of disk space left, clear some space to avoid problems" which left me shocked as I know I had 300 GB, and I had not installed anything recently. After receiving that message I quickly deleted more games I don't play and cleared 150 GB of space again. However, the next day I was on 40 GB and the day after that (today) I am now on 22.2 GB when I have not installed anything at all since then.

Specifications:
HDD - 1 TB Western Digital
CPU - Intel core i5 2500k
RAM - 8 GB 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance
Graphics card - MSI TWIN Frozr II GTX 580
Operating System - Windows 7 64 bit home premium
Anti Virus and firewall: McAfee LiveSafe Internet Security (Antivirus, firewall etc all in one package)
I also use Malware Bytes Anti Malware to scan my system weekly.

I don't have any back up programs or anything I could think of taking this memory.

If you need any more information please let me know, and thank you for taking the time to read this.

EDIT: I should probably mention I have SCANNED my system with McAfee, Malwarebytes Anti Malware, Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool, and Super Anti Spyware and none of the programs found any viruses or trojans etc.1) Do you have both Microsoft Security Essentials and McAfee Anti Virus installed?

2) Download and run treesize and let's see where the space is being used https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/ Quote from: Allan on February 18, 2014, 06:00:25 AM

1) Do you have both Microsoft Security Essentials and McAfee Anti Virus installed?

2) Download and run treesize and let's see where the space is being used https://www.jam-software.com/treesize_free/

Hi Allan, thanks for your reply. I am downloading Treesize as we speak, my internet speeds are slow at the moment so sorry for the slow reply. In answer to your question, I don't have Microsoft Security Essentials installed anymore no, I removed it when I got McAfee. I only have Malwarebytes Anti Malware and McAfee installed at the moment.Okay, good. As you probably know you should not have more than one AV installed at any time. By the way, just a personal observation if I may -- I think McAfee products are absolutely horrible. I would recommend virtually ANY other AV over McAfee. Quote from: Allan on February 18, 2014, 08:53:13 AM

Okay, good. As you probably know you should not have more than one AV installed at any time. By the way, just a personal observation if I may -- I think McAfee products are absolutely horrible. I would recommend virtually ANY other AV over McAfee.

Thanks! I will heed your recommendation and switch AV, are there any you personally use and recommend?

Using the software you suggested I found the cause of all the HDD space loss; it is MSI Afterburner (I use it for fan control) and the key binding for start recording was CTRL+S which I use in games I play to save, so it has been recording everything I do for days haha. Thanks very much for your help! I would have never KNOWN if you didn't recommend I use that program; I never download videos so I never check there!Good detective work on your part with an assist by Allan...

We love success stories here...Welcome Aboard.Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Personally, I'm a Kaspersky fan. I have KAV installed on all of my systems. There are also a lot of good free alternatives (Avira, Avast, AVG, etc. - and Microsoft Security Essentials is still decent - certainly better than McAfee). I suggest you do some homework on the web and pick something that sounds good to you. Quote from: patio on February 18, 2014, 09:19:12 AM

Good detective work on your part with an assist by Allan...

We love success stories here...Welcome Aboard.

Hey Patio, thanks! I love this site already, lots of helpful information... and from what I can see people are very helpful and friendly. Quote from: Allan on February 18, 2014, 09:39:22 AM

Glad to hear you got it sorted out. Personally, I'm a Kaspersky fan. I have KAV installed on all of my systems. There are also a lot of good free alternatives (Avira, Avast, AVG, etc. - and Microsoft Security Essentials is still decent - certainly better than McAfee). I suggest you do some homework on the web and pick something that sounds good to you.

I have heard good things about Kaspersky myself, I will certainly do some homework though. Thanks again for your help, I added my thanks/+rep.

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