'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cryptbase.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHCore.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\devobj.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cfgmgr32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sspicli.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winmmbase.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msctf.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\combase.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rpcrt4.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sechost.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msvcrt.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winmm.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\imm32.dll'.
'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oleacc.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oledlg.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oleaut32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ole32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\uxtheme.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shlwapi.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\shell32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\advapi32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\winspool.drv'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msimg32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\gdi32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\user32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\psapi.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\KernelBase.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\kernel32.dll'. 'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll'.
There were a couple folders.'windirstat.exe' (Win32): Loaded 'C:\Users\prime\src\altWinDirStat\WinDirStat\windirstat\Debug\windirstat.exe'.
I entered the whole file path location in Windows Explorer and I was able to find the backup folders. I tried to browse to the RRbackups folder but I got an “access denied” message. I noticed they were stored under a C:\RRbackups\SZ\. Not having real high hopes, I ran the program and I instantly saw two huge files lurking on the hard drive. Solution: I decided to try one more disk analyzer tool for Windows 7. I ran the program and everything indicated that the SSD was in excellent condition. Thinking there may have been something weird with the Samsung SSD, I downloaded and installed the Samsung Magician Software.
I cleaned the computer but that didn’t account for the extra 400GB of files lurking somewhere on the SSD.
The disk cleanup utility found 5.5GB of unnecessary files. I decided to do a Disk cleanup on the SSD. However, when I went under “Computer” using Windows Explorer I showed approximately 600GB of space being used. WinDirStat said there was only 180GB of the SSD used. I ran the tool and left it scan the folders on the computer. I then downloaded my trusty WinDirStat utility. Underneath the general tab I saw their user account was using only 80GB-90GB of space. I right-clicked on their user folder and selected the general tab.
I noticed right away using Windows Explorer that drive C had around 75GB of free space. We had upgraded the computer from a traditional hard drive to a SSD a year ago and I was sure they had plenty of space. I decided to dig into the issue and find out what the problem was. The computer was a Lenovo ThinkCentre A70z running Windows 7. That surprised me because the computer had a Samsung 750GB EVO SSD. Problem: Recently, I had the privilege to work on a computer, that according to the customer was always running out of space.