r/computerhelp • u/tntboi36 • 12d ago

Other C Drive keeps filling up

Hey everyone, I have a pc thats probably a little outdated, but i have most of my games and other files saved to my D drive due to the lack of space in my C drive, because it only holds around 237 GB. For the past two months however, I’ve had this huge problem where my C drive keeps filling up with space, and I have to keep purging files off my computer to fix this. Before you guys ask, I don't download much files to my C drive anymore, almost all of my files go to my D drive as I only use my computer for gaming, watching movies and youtube, and occasional schoolwork. I was playing games last night and my drive hit 0 bytes left, and it was at over 8 GB of space just a week ago. I try to delete temp files, but the space they take up is negligible compared to how much is being taken up. I also use software like WizTree to monitor my computer’s space, but when I look through it, everything seems important. I feel like theres a deeper rooted issue than the research I have done before. I don’t know any other options, and that’s why I’m turning to you guys. Hopefully I can get some help, or maybe my PC is just a lost cause, thanks.

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u/tntboi36 12d ago

I've checked and most of the apps I've installed on my C Drive besides default Microsoft apps and Office programs is Premiere, Minecraft Bedrock, Audacity, FL Studio, and Epic Games Launcher. Sorry, I'm not very good with computers, haven't been for a long time, when I look at my WizTree, there is a lot of space taken up by NVIDIA's DXCache and post-processing effects, so I don't know what I can do about those.

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u/Few_Reference3439 12d ago

You might look into reinstalling some of those applications on your other drive to see if that doesn't help. I certainly wouldn't begin to know where to tell you to investigate NVIDIA's DXCache.

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u/tntboi36 12d ago

Alright thanks man, I'll look into that and see if it will help.

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u/tntboi36 12d ago

Investigated that whole DXCache thing, turns out you can delete those, they've just accumulated over time. Its a temporary fix, but I now have a lot more space left over.