C Drive losing free space

iMacg3 said:

A program you may find useful is WinDirStat ... WinDirStat - Permalinks to downloads and other content which tells you which files/folders are taking up the most space on your hard drive.

here is the WinDirStat map for my C: drive.

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Try3 said:

The tutorial includes guiding you through dealing with this**. There is no need to use any third-party utilties for this job. Given your reported symptoms, the $WINDOWS.~BT folder is not the only thing taking up unwanted storage space.

** In File explorer, right-click on C, click on Properties, click on Disk cleanup, click on Clean up system files, set every checkbox except any that worry you [such as the Downloads entry], click on OK. Go away and have a whole pot of tea instead of staring at the screen all day waiting for it to complete.

Denis

disk cleanup offers to free up a maximum of 57MB only. addition of system files clean up adds another 6.02 GB. I am going to try that one. Thank you Denis for all of your inputs.

Directory Report is another good tool for finding disk space hogs

1) There are log collectors used in another forum room.
Run V2 and upload the results into this thread
BSOD - Posting Instructions

2) Open disk management > by default some columns are compressed > widen each Status and Volume > make sure the contents within the parenthesis are in full view and that none of the characters are cutoff > view disk 0 > widen this row as needed so that all of the characters are in full view > post an image into the thread
Disk Management - How to Post a Screenshot of

3) Run though this link: (posted by Try3)
Free Up Drive Space in Windows 10