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  1. 29th Nov 2012 11:51 #1
    General Mortars
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    So, today I decided to do a backup colpy of my system, in case my machine fries and I donīt wanna go through the hassle of installing every drive and program again.

    Havenīt done these in a while and when I try, I get an error message.
    Turns out my backup drive (200 gb space available) is too small for the volume in C:/.
    And what is my occupied volume in c:/, you ask?

    261 GB.

    Yup.
    Youveīread it right.
    There is NO way my system occupies 261GB, only things I have there are Photoshop, a couple codecs, players, Matroska...
    My Steam games are installed in another (1TB) drive.
    Even the winsxs folder is "only" filled with 12gb worth of lard.

    So, where is all this fat hiding and how can I fry it?
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  2. 29th Nov 2012 12:11 #2
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    On a more thorough analysis, I found this:

    The C:/Users/mynameiswhatever/AppData folder is eating up 120 GB.
    How can I trim it down?
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    When you play it forward, it installs windows."
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  3. 29th Nov 2012 12:13 #3
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    By browsing the AppData folder and seen what's in there that you don't need.

    Also, use the Disk Cleanup tool to see what if finds that can be deleted. Delete old System Restore points.
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  4. 29th Nov 2012 12:17 #4
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    clean out the temp folder in appdata/local
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  5. 29th Nov 2012 12:23 #5
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    Thanks for the repplies, guys.
    System restore points was the first thing I looked into when my first disk clean sweep failed.

    I think I found the perpretator:

    The C:/Users/mynameiswhatever/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Common/Media cache files folder is chugging 100+ GBs.

    DO I have your clearance to kill these tribbles with extreme prejudice?
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  6. 29th Nov 2012 12:31 #6
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    Yes, Adobe is a pig. That folder is probably full of video files you viewed with a web browser.
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    that folder is used by premiere pro.
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  8. 29th Nov 2012 12:47 #8
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    Yeah, I had files there from projects I had already wrapped ages ago.

    Well... not anymore.
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