shaun mc Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I have a Lenovo Thinkpad and have noticed that the storage left is just constantly decreasing The total storage is 119GB and I have less than 2GB left I'm not adding anything at all that can use the storage, (as far as I know) except a few small downloads Storage says Apps & Features are using 69.3GB. I've sorted the Apps by size. The largest is 0.6GB (McAfee) and the Top 10 add up to no more than 3GB. There are no more than another 25 smaller Apps on the laptop, so why are they using so much storage space? Any suggestions how to free up space? Storage sense is on. I've used disk cleanup and also deleted about 6GB of photos and downloads. Thanks for any help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, shaun mc said: I have a Lenovo Thinkpad and have noticed that the storage left is just constantly decreasing The total storage is 119GB and I have less than 2GB left I'm not adding anything at all that can use the storage, (as far as I know) except a few small downloads Storage says Apps & Features are using 69.3GB. I've sorted the Apps by size. The largest is 0.6GB (McAfee) and the Top 10 add up to no more than 3GB. There are no more than another 25 smaller Apps on the laptop, so why are they using so much storage space? Any suggestions how to free up space? Storage sense is on. I've used disk cleanup and also deleted about 6GB of photos and downloads. Thanks for any help Might be storing back ups on its own disk? Do you have lots of things stored on the desktop? With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 My old laptop was running really low on space before I replaced it. With less than 2GB, you probably won't be able to install Windows updates before making at least 6gB of space, maybe more. Two things that you can do, which will help (a little). 1. Install and run the free version of CCleaner - use it once a week, and it will strip out accumulated junk files. You may want to deselect the password cleaning and maybe the odd other option from the browser cleaning list of checkboxes. 2. Open File Explorer, go to This PC, right-click on your C drive and select Properties. There should be a Disk Clean-up button. Click that, then select Clean up System Files and look at the list of things to clean and how much space they are using. Disk Clean-up is quick to run, but System Files clearing will take a few minutes, so don't assume it has crashed. It can shift quite a lot of old Windows update files (often several gB). In both the above cases, take the time for a good look at what they can clean up and decide which you want rid of and which you should keep, before running the processes. I de-select saved passwords, saved form information and a couple of other things for my default browser, when using CCleaner. In Disk Clean-up, I de-select the Downloads folder, in case I have stuff in there I haven't decided where to save yet. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said: Might be storing back ups on its own disk? Do you have lots of things stored on the desktop? Thanks There's no more than 20MB on the desktop, I cleared that down as well. There is something that is prefixed with Backup and is Registration Entries - this is 323MB. Not huge I can't post a screen snip of it, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted July 28, 2020 Author Share Posted July 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, Futtocks said: My old laptop was running really low on space before I replaced it. With less than 2GB, you probably won't be able to install Windows updates before making at least 6gB of space, maybe more. Two things that you can do, which will help (a little). 1. Install and run the free version of CCleaner - use it once a week, and it will strip out accumulated junk files. You may want to deselect the password cleaning and maybe the odd other option from the browser cleaning list of checkboxes. 2. Open File Explorer, go to This PC, right-click on your C drive and select Properties. There should be a Disk Clean-up button. Click that, then select Clean up System Files and look at the list of things to clean and how much space they are using. Disk Clean-up is quick to run, but System Files clearing will take a few minutes, so don't assume it has crashed. It can shift quite a lot of old Windows update files. In both the above cases, take the time for a good look at what they can clean up and decide which you want rid of and which you should keep, before running the processes. I de-select saved passwords, saved form information and a couple of other things for my default browser, when using CCleaner. Thanks for that - I'll run CCleaner and see how it goes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 28/07/2020 at 22:33, Futtocks said: My old laptop was running really low on space before I replaced it. With less than 2GB, you probably won't be able to install Windows updates before making at least 6gB of space, maybe more. Two things that you can do, which will help (a little). 1. Install and run the free version of CCleaner - use it once a week, and it will strip out accumulated junk files. You may want to deselect the password cleaning and maybe the odd other option from the browser cleaning list of checkboxes. 2. Open File Explorer, go to This PC, right-click on your C drive and select Properties. There should be a Disk Clean-up button. Click that, then select Clean up System Files and look at the list of things to clean and how much space they are using. Disk Clean-up is quick to run, but System Files clearing will take a few minutes, so don't assume it has crashed. It can shift quite a lot of old Windows update files (often several gB). In both the above cases, take the time for a good look at what they can clean up and decide which you want rid of and which you should keep, before running the processes. I de-select saved passwords, saved form information and a couple of other things for my default browser, when using CCleaner. In Disk Clean-up, I de-select the Downloads folder, in case I have stuff in there I haven't decided where to save yet. Ran CCleaner this morning - it only created about 4.1GB of storage space I now have 7.95GB of storage space left The amount of space taken up by the Apps (69.2GB) hasn't changed. This is the one that doesn't stack up. From the listing of the Apps, it shouldn't be more than 4 to 5GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 50 minutes ago, shaun mc said: Ran CCleaner this morning - it only created about 4.1GB of storage space I now have 7.95GB of storage space left The amount of space taken up by the Apps (69.2GB) hasn't changed. This is the one that doesn't stack up. From the listing of the Apps, it shouldn't be more than 4 to 5GB Drive space is taken up by more than just apps. Have you tried the "Clean up System Files" option yet? I found that it usually created a significant amount of extra space. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted July 30, 2020 Author Share Posted July 30, 2020 13 hours ago, Futtocks said: Drive space is taken up by more than just apps. Have you tried the "Clean up System Files" option yet? I found that it usually created a significant amount of extra space. I've run a Custom Clean on both Windows and Applications and now up to 8GB free - not specifically Clean Up System Files though Sorry I can't give you screen shots to help - I can't seem to post screen shots anymore on here The Apps are using nearly 70GB out of 119GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 44 minutes ago, shaun mc said: I've run a Custom Clean on both Windows and Applications and now up to 8GB free - not specifically Clean Up System Files though Sorry I can't give you screen shots to help - I can't seem to post screen shots anymore on here The Apps are using nearly 70GB out of 119GB Clean Up System Files was always the biggie with my old laptop. Towards the end, I couldn't install any Windows updates without running that. There should be a few gB to erase when you do that. Even so, you are (like me with my previous machine) stuck with an initial hard drive capacity that's barely up to modern space-hungry demands. As an example, my new, relatively cheap laptop has a hard drive of over 900 gB. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share Posted July 31, 2020 8 hours ago, Futtocks said: Clean Up System Files was always the biggie with my old laptop. Towards the end, I couldn't install any Windows updates without running that. There should be a few gB to erase when you do that. Even so, you are (like me with my previous machine) stuck with an initial hard drive capacity that's barely up to modern space-hungry demands. As an example, my new, relatively cheap laptop has a hard drive of over 900 gB. Thanks for your help with this I know what you mean about space limits on this laptop - my back-up external drive is 1TB for about £40. I didn't check the spec when I bought it as it was an insurance claim replacement (part of an overall burglary claim) I have no music or videos on it either. I'll investigate other options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my missus Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 check system restore if its creating restore points this can eat space. Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes I can barely define the shape of this moment in time(roger waters) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyXIII Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 On 31/07/2020 at 09:21, shaun mc said: Thanks for your help with this I know what you mean about space limits on this laptop - my back-up external drive is 1TB for about £40. I didn't check the spec when I bought it as it was an insurance claim replacement (part of an overall burglary claim) I have no music or videos on it either. I'll investigate other options My computer knowledge is limited, but couldn't you just add an external hard drive? You say you have one for backups, but surely that would give you tons of extra space for minimal cost? If speed is the problem, I think you probably need a new processor, ie a new laptop. Rethymno Rugby League Appreciation Society Founder (and, so far, only) member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwent Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 If you have iPlayer etc check that you haven’t got any downloaded programmes within it. I’m not prejudiced, I hate everybody equally Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorkfevfan Posted August 2, 2020 Share Posted August 2, 2020 5 hours ago, tonyXIII said: couldn't you just add an external hard drive? That was in my mind as well, a fairly easy and relatively cheap option nowadays that should work well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Derwent said: If you have iPlayer etc check that you haven’t got any downloaded programmes within it. Thanks - 1 download of 0.5GB deleted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share Posted August 2, 2020 Thanks to all for suggestions. External storage it may have to be Apps & Features are 70.3GB of the storage and System & Reserved files are 22.6GB. Therefore nearly 80% of storage being taken up by these From the listing of the Apps I have on the laptop in order of size I can account for about 5 to 6GB - the remaining 65GB isn't detailed. So I have no idea what it is. I'll also get onto a Lenovo community forum to see if I can find something on there to explain it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 3, 2020 Share Posted August 3, 2020 12 hours ago, shaun mc said: Thanks to all for suggestions. External storage it may have to be Apps & Features are 70.3GB of the storage and System & Reserved files are 22.6GB. Therefore nearly 80% of storage being taken up by these From the listing of the Apps I have on the laptop in order of size I can account for about 5 to 6GB - the remaining 65GB isn't detailed. So I have no idea what it is. I'll also get onto a Lenovo community forum to see if I can find something on there to explain it Some apps (but not all) can be moved to an external drive by Windows. Others would need to be uninstalled, then reinstalled on the external drive: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/move-installed-apps-programs-windows-10/ Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 To re-visit this again (sorry)...... I've found what is taking up the hard drive space via an app called TreeSize, Does anyone know if what appear to be McAfee log files are ok to be deleted? These are taking up nearly 50% of the total Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 2 hours ago, shaun mc said: To re-visit this again (sorry)...... I've found what is taking up the hard drive space via an app called TreeSize, Does anyone know if what appear to be McAfee log files are ok to be deleted? These are taking up nearly 50% of the total Are you actively using McAfee software (antivirus, I'd assume), or is it something that came pre-installed? If it is antivirus software, you could uninstall, make sure the files have been fully deleted, then just use Microsoft's own Defender AV which is already part of Windows. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaun mc Posted August 13, 2020 Author Share Posted August 13, 2020 11 hours ago, Futtocks said: Are you actively using McAfee software (antivirus, I'd assume), or is it something that came pre-installed? If it is antivirus software, you could uninstall, make sure the files have been fully deleted, then just use Microsoft's own Defender AV which is already part of Windows. Thanks again Futtocks I was up and about early this morning (too hot) so got onto McAfee Live Chat. They uninstalled the anti-virus and re-installed it I'll check to see if those logs start growing in size again, then just rely on Defender AV once McAfee runs out The laptop now has 55GB more storage available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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