The amount of computer storage space on devices, such as hard drive, floppy or USB flash drive.
Questions tagged [disk-space]
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Can I delete the folder C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\?
There is a new folder full of installers located at C:\ProgramData\Package Cache\. I believe this is from Visual Studio 2012 RC.
Can I delete these gigabytes of data without consequences? Are they all temporary files? It's a beta product so I'm not…
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How can I free up drive space from the Windows installer folder without killing Windows?
On my SSD machine, the C:\Windows\Installer folder is massive and takes up about 15% of my total disk space.
Is there a way to clean up that folder without killing Windows 8.1/10? Tucking away the installers on the OS partition seems wasteful.
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How can I visualize the file system usage on Windows?
How can I visualize which folders and files are taking up all of the space on my hard drive?
I'm getting some conflicting reports on the size of hard drive contents. Namely what is and isn't there and what folders are actually using the space.
I…
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Why does emptying disk space speed up computers?
I have been looking at a bunch of videos and now understand a bit better how computers work. I better understand what RAM is, volatile and non-volatile memory, and the process of swapping. I also understand why increasing RAM speeds up a computer.
I…
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Why does the /winsxs folder grow so large, and can it be made smaller?
A Vista virtual machine I use only has a 10 GB virtual hard disk -- and I'm worried about it running out of space over time.
I used TreeSize to check for the culprits..
And the primary culprit is that /winsxs or "Windows Side-By-Side" folder.
What…
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How do I get back unused disk space from Ubuntu on WSL2?
I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL2 on Windows 10, and I noticed that after removing files on Ubuntu I was not getting the space back that was taken up by the removed files. For example: Before I deleted files on Ubuntu it showed on Windows explorer that…
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Is it safe to delete from C:\Windows\Installer?
I've been looking on an XP machine what is using all that diskspace, and it turns out C:\Windows\Installer is high up there on the list of directories that use the most diskspace.
It seems to contain a cache of msi and msp files.
Is it safe to…
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How to analyse disk usage in command line linux?
du and df are nice, but I don't know how to filter the data they provide the way I do with SequoiaView. I would like to know which are the largest folders and the largest files in a glance.
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Why is CBS.log file size 20 GB
Two days ago I had a full C: drive, after which I deleted 8 GB of data. The next day the hard drive was full again, so I continued with deleting another 5 GB, and once again the next day the disk was full.
After some searching for what caused the…
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Linux utility for finding the largest files/directories
I'm looking for a program to show me which files/directories occupy the most space, something like:
74% music
\- 60% music1
\- 14% music2
12% code
13% other
I know that it's possible in KDE3, but I'd rather not do that - KDE4 or command line are…
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Why do SSDs have weird sizes?
Why do SSDs have sizes like 240 GB or 120 GB rather than the normal 256 GB or 512 GB?
Those numbers make much more sense than 240 or 120.
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How to determine available free space on Ubuntu?
I am in a situation where I am getting an error when I try to save a file to my Ubuntu server via ssh. It says there isn't any available space left. I don't know how that can be true. What should I do to determine how much space is left and/or what…
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How to clean Windows\Installer folder in Windows 10?
My C:\Windows\Installer folder is huge: 14 GB. My understanding is that this is where failed updates go to die, and it should not be this big. What is the correct way to clean it on Windows 10?
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How Much Disk Space is WSL Using On Windows?
How much disk space is WSL using on Windows?
I found that you can go into Windows' Apps & Features and it will display disk usage for the WSL2 "Ubuntu", but this does not seem to include WSL Legacy or maybe it does since it seems to report more than…
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Chrome Using 7.6GB of Disk Space. Has a File 5.9GB that hasn't been Accessed for 92 Days
I just ran WinDirStat and noticed that Google Chrome is using tons of disk space.
One file in particular is 5.9GB and hasn't been modified since July 11, 2013, its name is just: 00000001
What is this file? Why was it created? And is it safe to…
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