Pegasus

I actualy found out what I was, I think. I had system restore set to the max, aka 12 %. Putting it down to 0 % (200 MB) made free space jump from 21.3 to 25.9 GB.The sudden increase in free space was probably the computer automaticaly overwriting old restore point files. Is it okay if I leave the values for System Restore as low as I did ?

Is there a way to save a log so that it can show me the folders and files with the biggest differences ?

1. Using XP 2. Running Avast 3. He doesn't use a seperate profile (and he's my father too ) Hmm, gonna try Treesize out then. Edit: Okay, got it, started it, now what does do now exactly ?

I actualy uninstaled 4sync a bit ago, but the space seems to have increased when it was instaled. Is this a possible outcome ? And today, opened up, 19.73, opened one image file, 19.60. Used ccleaner, restared 19.67 that went down to 19.64 Is this realy normal ? I'm a bit afraid I might get to a point where I won't have big stuff to remove anymore.

Another example. Turn the thing off, 19.2 GB. Turn it on 19.2. Do something and....19.0. Use Cleaner, 19.1 Could a synchronisation program (like 4sync) influence this in any way ?

What do you do that....involves your harddrive regularly exploding ? O_O And it's not just about that, but alot of the time it seems that space goes down by several hundred megs in a few uses, and while it sometimes goes up I'm realy not sure why. It's a bit troubling for me because I'd like to be able to use this for whatever limited stuff I can (problems with overheating when running certain programs) without the fear of tons of space just mysteriously dissapearing into the void. I may be paranoid, but long ages ago I had a computer who'se C drive was so screwed over that free space would randomly be determined after running the windows cleaner several times even thought it didn't actualy clean anything. I'd like to avoid that

I don't know that much about computers, so pardon me if I ask what an A.V. definition database file is ? But anyway, you're saying to instal this program and then use it to compare a "partition image" mounted ,do you create it with the program or with something else ? Finaly, how many programs exactly do I need for this, Portable BestSyncand then Macrium/Easus for what exactly ? Sorry, but I'm a bit in the dark here. I also wonder about CCleaner, can you expand the list of programs to get around the issue once I know what's causing it ?

Is there a way to find out what may be causing this in my particular case ? I did delete several old restore points before, so not sure about it being "full". Also, after turning on I had 18.9 on C, but after uninstaling the Ask toolbar, which was probably instaled by the other person using this computer, it went to 18.7. Any ideas ?

Yeah but sometimes I get a decrease of a hundred MB between cleaning.

What I mean is that alot of the time when I go use a browser and then use CCleaner to clean up what space it used up, it doesn't return to the original amount that it had before. For example, I had slightly 18.5 gb free on disk C yesterday. Now, after deleting some stuff manualy, it's just above 18.4, before cleaning it like that it was 18.33. I know that sometimes after I turn the computer off the amount of free space goes up slightly off it's own seemingly (sometimes, while someone else wasn't using the laptop, it went up by 2 GB each time) , but I'd like to know whether this is normal, or if there's something I'm missing. I also use windows cleaning options after using CCleaner sometimes, just in case someone would suggest trying them. Would be realy gratefull for any answers, as this sort of freaks me out.