hdd space getting drained

[lhamil64]

Hmm... It could be a program automatically downloading files from the internet or something, but i doubt a program would need to download THAT much unless its a virus. It probably would be your hard drive.

 

[ericf19931]

im running windows vista and i dont think the hdd has any problems because i ran checkdisk and it didnt find anything.

 

[freestyler105]

It's probably System Restore.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-system-restore-in-windows-vista/

 

[ericf19931]

It's probably System Restore.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-system-restore-in-windows-vista/

but if i disable is it, it just means that it wont automatically make one for me but i can manually make one right?

 

[Bobert93]

well i had a sort of virus that did the same thing as your hdd,
every day i lost GBs then i found the problem in a hidden folder,
all it was is a folder called " _ " and it just kept multiplying , when i caught it, it was up to like 30 gbs

 

[blackjack]

It's probably System Restore.
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/disable-system-restore-in-windows-vista/

Freestyler has hit the nail on the head I remember that Vista has an automatic system restore function that saves every day or so, so it will b baling up your computer and draining your hdd, you will need to disable it and run a manual back up. I'm back on XP now so cant quite remember where to look but I know its there Ive seen it when I ran ultimate.

 

[ericf19931]

well i had a sort of virus that did the same thing as your hdd,
every day i lost GBs then i found the problem in a hidden folder,
all it was is a folder called " _ " and it just kept multiplying , when i caught it, it was up to like 30 gbs

ive done a virus scan from avg and it found nothing... where did u find that folder?

 

[ericf19931]

sorry for a double post but i just disabled system restore and i got 10 gb back but then its still getting drained alittle.

 

[db4rt]

try ccleaner. im ot sure where to get it so just google it. it removed 10.2 gb from my 40gb drive

 

[dude_se]

ive got this problem on my server. only has like 10mb free now and it boots up all wierd