My SDD just hit 0 bytes available.

Mashiane

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I have a fairly small sdd, 120G and a moment ago it hit 0 bytes available. Been wondering what is causing this... I have all sorts of cleaners in my Windows 10 yet...

Apparently the cause..

1. node_modules (used an app called FileSearchEX to find all)
2. geny motion (un-installed but left traces of 4GB on AppData folder.
3. uninstalled apps sitting in AppData.
4. Github project clones ( moved this to an external HDD)
5. Deleting all B4j Objects folders (4GB saved)

For now I can breathe...

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JohnC

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SSD drives have a limit of how many "writes" each memory "cell" in them can do. Once they hit that limit, those cells start to fail. When they fail, the drive's firmware tries to move the data in the failing "cells" to healthier cells and then mark the failing cells as "no longer available" (which reduces the "free" space of the drive).

If the drive is old and/or you have done a lot of "writes" to the drive, then that could be one reason why you are running out of space.
 
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JohnC

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This utility can show you the health of your drives:

CrystalDiskInfo Portable (disk health monitoring) | PortableApps.com

CrystalDiskInfo is a HDD/SSD utility which supports S.M.A.R.T. It supports a part of external USB disks, monitoring health status and temperature, graph of S.M.A.R.T. information, control AAM/APM settings and more.
portableapps.com portableapps.com
 
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Right click on the C: drive and select properties from the menu, then select Disk Clean up.
On the new window select "Clean System Files".
Windows 10 wastes about 10Gb on the drive each time it makes a major update and does not delete the files once it's done!
 
agraham

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JohnC said:
SSD drives have a limit of how many "writes" each memory "cell" in them can do. Once they hit that limit, those cells start to fail. When they fail, the drive's firmware tries to move the data in the failing "cells" to healthier cells and then mark the failing cells as "no longer available" (which reduces the "free" space of the drive).

If the drive is old and/or you have done a lot of "writes" to the drive, then that could be one reason why you are running out of space.
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canalrun

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I have a 500 GB SSD that I use as C: for my Windows and Programs that's about two years old. It usually has about 390 GB free.

About a year ago one day I noticed Windows slowed to a crawl, then said not enough space. I looked at the SSD and its free space was down to almost 0.

I powered down and rebooted the computer – everything powered up fine and I've had no problems since. I think Windows might get into a glitch where it eats reported free space.

It's funny. Over about a week's time the free space on the SSD will go from 395 GB free to about 385 GB free. Then all of a sudden the next day it's back up to 395.

Something must clean things up in the background. Who knows if it's the SSD, Windows, or magic fairies that show up at night.

Barry.
 
Magma

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Windows garbages... update packs (!!! updates from Apr 21 ~ Aug 21 were about 30-40GB) .. temporaries.... roaming temp.... local temp....

but from the other hand this disk is very SMALL to work... at nowdays need at least 240GB ~ 500GB ... why not 1TB taking extra backups for apps different versions...
 
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