Solved [Solved] Hard drive space suddenly decreasing

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Briefly explain your current issue(s)
My space is decreasing
Steps taken to resolve, but have been unsuccessful
Uninstalling programs, virus scans.
I have this stupid issue with my hard drive: my space is constantly decreasing ! I know it's stupid question,how can i fix problem ? It really irritates me :mad: I don't have so much programs installed, my system is clean but issue still persists.
 
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frogboy

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Do you mean free space or overall disk size? Have checked with disk management tool?
 
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What's "Shadow Copies"

What is a Shadow Copy?
  • Shadow Copy (also known as Volume Snapshot Service, Volume Shadow Copy Service or VSS) is a technology included in Microsoft Windows that allows taking manual or automatic backup copies or snapshots of computer files or volumes, even when they are in use.

How to delete Shadow Copies


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Here's screenshot:

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Before it was 189/194 GB, now drastically 174.
 
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Frankly speaking, i thought deleting some Restore points will solve the problem but it seems the problem still persisting.
 
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Have you checked what is on the disk with the disk management tool to see if any big files are in there?
 
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You could use Gary Utilities disc check tool, I've used it before and found 4GB worth of junk.
 
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