Losing 100MB every 30 seconds!

[Dick Montage]

Have you still not taken a snapshot of folder sizes, and then done the same a few hours later? That would help you trace what folders were growing. Then investigate from that point to the file level!

[nomis_nehc]

i am going back to my first thought:

ask ceiling cat.

[Graham51]

Thanks for all the help. I think I've got it sorted now. The space on C drive is now growing :s. I now have 8GB. God knows whats going on, but I'll just get on with it at the moment.

I might just backup and format, good idea?

[=NickJ=]

Thanks for all the help. I think I've got it sorted now. The space on C drive is now growing :s. I now have 8GB. God knows whats going on, but I'll just get on with it at the moment.

I might just backup and format, good idea?

you don't need to format - you're using Windows there are god knows how many background things that could be causing this, a few of which have been mentioned here.

and remember, formatting makes ceiling cat angry :cry:

[Evolution]

If the space is consistently changing, you could try using process monitor (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx) to determine the problem.

OR

Try running "Reliability and Performance Monitor", open up the disk panel, sort by write and see what image is at fault. *Easier Method

[mkennedy150]

Turn of System Restore or Change the size of your Shadow Copy. Vista uses way to much space for this. IMO System Restore is worthless just use Complete PC Backup much more reliable.