I need a computer geek's help...anyone?

bkeane619 · June 2013

Ok, so my main drive of my comp was almost full tonight and I tried to delete ANYTHING I could find that was a big file...I have cleared out all my documents, videos, pics, and music. I still only have 8gb free. It says I have less that 2gb worth of programs. Where the hell are the other 104 gb?!?! Any suggestions?

osmith5 · June 2013

What's this have to do with baby stuff?

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan55:
bkeane619:
Ok, so my main drive of my comp was almost full tonight and I tried to delete ANYTHING I could find that was a big file...I have cleared out all my documents, videos, pics, and music. nbsp;I still only have 8gb free. nbsp;It says I have less that 2gb worth of programs. nbsp;Where the hell are the other 104 gb?!?! nbsp;Any suggestions?
Did you check to see what processes are running?

UGHNOWIDIDSOMETHINGWEIRDTOMYTEXT IFIDOANYTHINGOTHERTHANCAPSITSINCHINESEORSOMETHINGANDWHENINCAPSITISDOINGTHISAAAAHHHHH!!!

sleepy33 · June 2013

osmith5:
What's this have to do with baby stuff?

Seriously?

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan55:
bkeane619:
NRyan55:
bkeane619:
Ok, so my main drive of my comp was almost full tonight and I tried to delete ANYTHING I could find that was a big file...I have cleared out all my documents, videos, pics, and music. nbsp;I still only have 8gb free. nbsp;It says I have less that 2gb worth of programs. nbsp;Where the hell are the other 104 gb?!?! nbsp;Any suggestions?
Did you check to see what processes are running?
UGHNOWIDIDSOMETHINGWEIRDTOMYTEXT IFIDOANYTHINGOTHERTHANCAPSITSINCHINESEORSOMETHINGANDWHENINCAPSITISDOINGTHISAAAAHHHHH!!!
Omg that is amazing! I wish I could VPN to your machine, I would need to poke around. Does your machine require a password to login? I would recommend restarting, but not if you are password protected because that caps mess will lock you out.

Ok I fixed it I think kinda...back to the original issue...im gonna go into a new post

bkeane619 · June 2013

OK so it looks liked I have ALOT of processes running...mostly chrome seems to be the big one. What do I do? The changing of font has something to do with hitting shift and space bar at the same time

bkeane619 · June 2013

anamouse:
did you restart already?
run a system cleanup or whatever it's called

No not yet I was pulling up the processes

BrittanyCupcakes · June 2013

Do you have a tech-savvy friend who could come over and help you with it? It would be hard to guess without seeing it, but I'd start with a good virus scan and registry cleaner, then go from there.

bkeane619 · June 2013

BrittanyCupcakes:
Do you have a tech-savvy friend who could come over and help you with it? It would be hard to guess without seeing it, but I'd start with a good virus scan and registry cleaner, then go from there.

Nope...just me and usually I am pretty good at cleaning stuff up. I use AVG for my viruses and it runs daily...I did a disk cleanup it only freed up around 400kb.

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan55:
Mac or pc? And what OS?

It's an Asus Laptop, Windows 7

bkeane619 · June 2013

petdocd:
NRyan55:
osmith5:
What's this have to do with baby stuff?
Ok, that's enough from you.
Eta: sorry I can't help bkeane, but my husband is the computer geek. I just hit random buttons until something happens.

LOL thanks anyway! You have helped enough of us on here with our animal issues.

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan If I end the chrome processes will it screw anything up?

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan55:
bkeane619:
NRyan If I end the chrome processes will it screw anything up?
No you should be fine but the problem will come back. What CPU percentage is it using? Also do you have any chrome plug ins?

There are 7 ranging 0-3% I have 99 processes running and 51% physical memory. No chrome plug ins

Edit: 7 Chrome processes open sorry...CPU running 0-3%

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan55:
bkeane619:
NRyan55:
bkeane619:
NRyan If I end the chrome processes will it screw anything up?
No you should be fine but the problem will come back. What CPU percentage is it using? Also do you have any chrome plug ins?

There are 7 ranging 0-3% I have 99 processes running and 51% physical memory. No chrome plug ins
ok chrome isn't the problem. Blah! I need more info because there are a couple of things that could be taking space

I am totally at a loss it has been like this a long time. I have a data drive on it and that's where I put my photos, videos, music. I just try to delete a files or programs once in a while to keep a couple of gb free.

bkeane619 · June 2013

Ugh I have to go to bed because my DH wants to and I have to go to sleep before he does because he snores like crazy lately. Thanks for your help, if you think of something else for me to check let me know. I don't want to have to go to Geek Squad!

Jalee85 · June 2013

osmith5:
What's this have to do with baby stuff?

Are you serious? Do you know how boring it would be if we only talked about baby stuff!!! I was in a seriously bad mood today, so please cheer me up by being you! And I will just sit back and wait for flaming to begin!

bkeane619 · June 2013

anamouse:
restart is always the answer!

lol not this time. It's been like this for a long long time.

losersaidwhat · June 2013

bkeane619:
BrittanyCupcakes:
Do you have a tech-savvy friend who could come over and help you with it? It would be hard to guess without seeing it, but I'd start with a good virus scan and registry cleaner, then go from there.
Nope...just me and usually I am pretty good at cleaning stuff up. I use AVG for my viruses and it runs daily...I did a disk cleanup it only freed up around 400kb.

Did you have all the boxes checked for what it cleans up? Like cookies and temporary files and everything?

bkeane619 · June 2013

losersaidwhat:
bkeane619:
BrittanyCupcakes:
Do you have a tech-savvy friend who could come over and help you with it? It would be hard to guess without seeing it, but I'd start with a good virus scan and registry cleaner, then go from there. 
Nope...just me and usually I am pretty good at cleaning stuff up. I use AVG for my viruses and it runs daily...I did a disk cleanup it only freed up around 400kb.
Did you have all the boxes checked for what it cleans up? Like cookies and temporary files and everything?

yup!

Jenball717 · June 2013

You guys are amazing. It's like you're speaking another language, a magical one. I'm fascinated! I usually turn the damn thing off and back out of the room slowly. Eat a pint of ice cream and wait for husband to get home and fix his baby. She only effs up when he is gone because she hates me. I think she is jealous of me.

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan55:
bkeane, could I get a screen shot of your hard drive usage? The processes as well as the screen showing available disk space?

sure, will be in a little while though. Gotta do the shower/breakfast thing first.

pmarie33 · June 2013

It's the OS and all the updates. What version of W7 are you running?

losersaidwhat · June 2013

Jenball717:
You guys are amazing. It's like you're speaking another language, a magical one. I'm fascinated! I usually turn the damn thing off and back out of the room slowly. Eat a pint of ice cream and wait for husband to get home and fix his baby. She only effs up when he is gone because she hates me. I think she is jealous of me.

I'm not going to lie: NRyan coming to save the day with her geek speak and bkeane's IT crowd gif gave me a nerd-girl hardon.

losersaidwhat · June 2013

If it's cleanup you're interested in but the disk cleanup didn't work for you (as it would seem) then DH found this nifty freeware https://windirstat.info/ "WinDirStat" that can tell you what files are taking up the most space and how much. It scans all the files in your HDD instead of just the temporary "won't kill your computer if you delete this junk" sorts of files like your cookies.

"WinDirStat is a disk usage statistics viewer and cleanup tool for various versions of Microsoft Windows."

DH used it on my desktop last night and it's pretty to look at, which is a bonus - he's got like 8 years of IT under his belt and we take apart computers together so I trust it if he's installing crap on my machine.

bkeane619 · June 2013

pmarie33:
It's the OS and all the updates. nbsp;What version of W7 are you running?

that could be right there is an insane amount of updates. I will check in a little bit.

pmarie33 · June 2013

bkeane619:
pmarie33:
It's the OS and all the updates. nbsp;What version of W7 are you running?
that could be right there is an insane amount of updates. I will check in a little bit.

Not much you can do if it's OS with updates besides get a bigger hard drive.

bkeane619 · June 2013

pmarie33:
bkeane619:
pmarie33:
It's the OS and all the updates. nbsp;What version of W7 are you running?
that could be right there is an insane amount of updates. I will check in a little bit.
Not much you can do if it's OS with updates besides get a bigger hard drive.  

100GB of OS? That seems crazy. I will get on my laptop in like 15 mins and do the screenshots.

losersaidwhat · June 2013

bkeane619:
pmarie33:
bkeane619:
pmarie33:
It's the OS and all the updates. nbsp;What version of W7 are you running?
that could be right there is an insane amount of updates. I will check in a little bit.
Not much you can do if it's OS with updates besides get a bigger hard drive.
100GB of OS? That seems crazy. I will get on my laptop in like 15 mins and do the screenshots.

OH. I just had a brain... moment... thing... LIGHTBULB!

Do you have a lot of restore points saved from all the updates? Maybe that's taking up a bunch of space - especially if you have it set to automatically create restore points instead of manually.

pmarie33 · June 2013

100GB of OS and Updates. Yes. It's possible. Ridiculous, but possible.

bkeane619 · June 2013

Breakfast is taking twice as long as normal. My son is busy picking the raisins out if his English muffin one at a time.

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bkeane619 · June 2013

How can I see how much space windows updates are taking up?

bkeane619 · June 2013

Restore is not set up automatically and it says nothing has been in the past.

losersaidwhat · June 2013

Huzzah! https://www.hanselman.com/blog/GuideToFreeingUpDiskSpaceUnderWindows7.aspx

bkeane619 · June 2013

losersaidwhat:
Huzzah! https://www.hanselman.com/blog/GuideToFreeingUpDiskSpaceUnderWindows7.aspx

I did the service pack thing so far and my browser that freed up 2 GB

bkeane619 · June 2013

NRyan55:
Sorry bkeane I didn't forget you! Can you list the processes taking the most memory?

It is pretty much all chrome.

bkeane619 · June 2013

bkeane619:
losersaidwhat:
Huzzah! https://www.hanselman.com/blog/GuideToFreeingUpDiskSpaceUnderWindows7.aspx
I did the service pack thing so far and my browser that freed up 2 GB

Actually it freed up 4GB by the time it was done.

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