Dude, wheres my memory?

[Ginger]

Hey guys, i was trying to have a clean-out in my PC and i defragged and everything else and my biggest program now stands at like 1GB, i have one folder which is 2GB and the rest are around 500mb, but looks at how much memory i have free compared to how much my HD can hold


Any ideas?

I mean, obv my OS will take up some but cmon, i cant think where or what is taking up all the space ^^

 

[Micnax]

Cached data and Temporary storage? Whenever you visit a webpage it'll store images and data on your hard drive so the page will load faster next time you visit it and just load up new changes to your cache.

Try clearing it, if you use Firefox there should be an option under Tools > Options > Advanced > Network

 

[Ginger]

Hmm, deleted all that kinda stuff, still no memory added or lost, is their software to show where its all going? :O

 

[DJive]

i forgot what its called but the auto-backup option enabled? that can take tons

 

[A Boojum Snark]

is their software to show where its all going? :O

I use these two for finding such things in different ways:
WinDirStat better visualizes specific files or types of files that are eating space up.
Overdisk is better at showing you folders that are eating up space.

 

[Passerby]

Space Monger

is a pretty easy a simple way to find what's eating space on windows

but my fav is filelight but this olny runs on linux

 

[Ginger]

Thanks Boojum, Windirstat is very usefull, i know know where 30 gb's has gone to, steam, and tf2 is the biggest bit on my screen ¬¬, ah well still have 180GB free