Two issues in one post: Space getting full for no reason and hidden code in registry.

Disk Space getting full for no reason

First, for no reason, and I'm not creating anything, my disk space keeps getting full. It drops down and down and it's at 4gb left now. If it gets full, I fear the worst. Does running programs of any kind use disk space?


It seems my computer is falling apart, very very slowly...

Re: Two issues in one post: Space getting full for no reason and hidden code in regis

Disk space problem:

1. Run this program ( WinDirStat - Windows Directory Statistics ). It will tell you exactly what's on your disk. But that is not the whole story.

2. Open an elevated Command Prompt and run this command: vssadmin list shadowstorage - that will tell you how much space is taken by the restore points (which are not shown in Windirstat). The numbers to look for are Allocated which is the current space consumption and Maximum which is the ultimate space the shadows will claim.

If you want to reduce the shadowstorage, use this command:

vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=C: /on=C: /Maxsize=10GB

That would set it to 10GBs. But if you like a different size, change the 10. A restore point (shadow) is between 512MB to 1GB in size.

Note: when you resize the shadowstorage, you loose your current restore points. But that is not too dramatic. You can create one immediately or tomorrow you will get a new one anyhow.