- 17 GB for Windows is not much. That will grow in the future.
- 14 GB for Users is a lot. It starts with at most .5 GB for a user.
- 44 GB for Program Files is outrageous. A few GB is normal after you installed some software.
So It's time to download Treesize Free from http://www.jam-software.de/treesize_free/ and go deeper into the forlder structure.
Kees
Okay. The first thing I probably need to say is I'm not a computer techie. My knowledge about computer is basically next to a banana. So if ever you find something this stupid or funny, I will take no offense.
I recently bought a desktop computer (brand new Windows
a few weeks ago with a 97GB hard drive memory. Didn't bother to look for the HDD's available space that time and started installing a few softwares (e.g. Heartstone, Facebook, just pretty basic PC software). That's why I was so baffled when I saw the HDD's available space reduced to 13GB losing 84GB of memory.
Though I didn't pay that much attention to the HDD's memory at the beginning, I'm pretty sure there used to be a loooot more space to it when I first bought it. I started uninstalling some of the software I had but none could even reach a 2GB space mark.
I had the Properties of all the folders in HDD checked and this is what I came up with:
<div>Windows8_OS(C
/ Windows of
17GB</div>Windows8_OS(C
/ Users <span style="font-size: 14.4444446563721px;">of 14GB
Windows8_OS(C
/ Program Files (x86) of 44GB
The remaining files in the HDD all amounts to not more than 5GB.
I already read some articles how to clean the HDD but I'm quite anxious as I might delete something important and make the PC useless in the process. Any advice? Is this normal?

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