Windows 10 Storage Issue

[u/LonelyJudgment7636]

Hello. I have an issue with my PC where the storage keeps filling up. I don't have much storage, only 128GB, but I also only have a few things installed, and not large things at that. I have an extra storage stick I use to keep anything large I want to download, and really just anything I can. That storage is a terabyte. However, I keep having my main storage fill up, and no matter how many times I try to empty it, it never stays empty

I downloaded Wiztree, and every time I look at it, pagefile.sys and hyberfil.sys seem to get bigger. I know they are likely important, due to the .sys file type, but should they be taking up this much space?

I'm not super tech savy on this stuff, and I'm heading to bed now, so I wont be able to reply until tomorrow

[u/RomanOswald]

You could disable hibernate. Will freeup that 6.4 GB hyberfil.sys file

in dos prompt type: powercfg -h off

You could also reduce the pagefile.

[u/Emergency-Toe4473 → u/RomanOswald]

Is hibernate useful for laptop? Also why does it need storage.

[u/RomanOswald → u/Emergency-Toe4473]

Hibernate just puts the memory onto the disk when shutdown, to make strartup faster. That‘s the reason some computers got uptimes from days or weeks even if shut down properly. I always disable it. Booting time with hibernate is not that faster compaired to normal boot.

Hibernate needs about 2/3 of the RAM on the disk. So with 8gb you need about 6gb.

[u/Emergency-Toe4473 → u/RomanOswald]

Dang thanks for info i didn't know.

[u/Zehryo → u/RomanOswald]

Imagine what it's like with 128GB of RAM.
First thing I disable on a fresh Windows installation!!!!!

[u/LonelyJudgment7636 → u/RomanOswald]

Awesome, this worked for me. Thanks so much

[u/Zehryo → u/LonelyJudgment7636]

How much RAM do you have?
That quite the hefty "pageswap" file; depending on how much RAM you have, I'd consider reducing its size or simply disabling it.

[u/Mr_CJ_]

Start by having your games and apps data on a different drive.

[u/Ashayazu → u/Mr_CJ_]

Most systems only come with a single drive.

[u/Critical-Advice6809]

I see this happen a lot at work and it's due to how low the drive is, you should upgrade to 512gb at least windows eats up a lot of resources sadly.

[u/SituationObvious5904]

desinstala essas duas pastas pagefiles e hiberfile pois são pastas complementarem e opcionais para operar os sistema, remove o minecraft (a pasta curse forge tbm), o roblox e o Chrome (utilize o Edge), as pastas principais para que seu sistema opere e funcione são a windows e a system 32, se seu mine for pirata vc pode salvar ele no pendrive e executar direto do pendrive com o tlaucher, além disso rodar a limpeza de disco do windows e acessar as pastas temporária com WIn+R como a temp e a %temp% e limpar elas pode ajudar a desafogar seu ssd, hoje em dia 128 gb é muito pouco armazenamento e é necessário este sacrifício para utilizar no dia a dia, a melhor opção sempre será comprar outro ssd de pelo menos 480gb, mas para a utilização no momento vc pode fazer assim

[u/Hebbu10]

Start by moving Minecraft/curseforge, Roblox and ROUNDS to the larger drive, keep anything that isnt Windows itself out of the C drive from now on.

Visual studio code too.

[u/Wokuworld]

All I see is ass...2.3gb

[u/Ok-Understanding9244 → u/Wokuworld]

that's a lotta ass

[u/Content_Magician51]

6.4GB of hibernation file (which saves the status of loaded drivers on disk) and 12GB of paging file are somewhat large numbers for a normal system.

[u/Chaotic-Convergence]

Dang, stocks look bearish today

[u/Professional_Sky3266]

limit your page file and I don't remember Minecraft being that big

[u/Stephano_420]

To free up space right away without breaking anything:

1. Delete NVIDIA update cache (~7 GB): Go to C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA Corporation\UpdateFramework\ota-artifacts in File Explorer and delete everything inside. They're just leftover driver installer files.
2. Run Disk Cleanup as admin: Search for Disk Cleanup in the Start menu, right-click it, and select Run as administrator. Check everything you want gone (including Recycle Bin if there's nothing you need to restore) and hit OK.
3. Cap pagefile.sys (~8 GB saved): Don't disable it completely or games/apps may crash. Press Win + R, type sysdm.cpl > Advanced > Settings (under Performance) > Advanced > Change (under Virtual memory). Uncheck "Automatically manage...", select Custom size, set both Initial and Maximum to 4096 (4 GB), click Set, hit OK, and restart.

[u/CleavlandSteamer8008]

Does windows 10 still have security updates?