Free memory dropping fast

[DeadlyAkkuret]

The free memory on my computer is quite low as it is but it seems to be dropping ridiculously fast and without me downloading any large files.

My computer doesn't seem to have any viruses and it's not running particularly slow, but the memory has dropped about 2GB in under a month and there's no way I've downloaded that much content. The biggest file I downloaded recently was a Brett Kirk interview and that was 500MB but I deleted it as soon as I was finished watching it, other than that I've only downloaded a few songs.

Is it normal for this to happen? Is there any chance that updates are that big? It doesn't seem right to me at all.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

I went to System, then clicked the System Restore tab and my Disk space usage is at max. I am guessing that's bad?

 

[MisterB]

I assume that you are talking about free disk space, not memory as we generally refer to it.

What operating system are you running? Windows? If so, as Windows Updates are applied, by default, Windows will create Restore Points which are an image of the system files and configuration before the update. This will consume disk space that can be recovered.

Do you have you internet browser configured to delete temporary files in its cache at browser exit? If not, then these can consume a fair bit of space over time.

If you are running Windows, you can use Disk Cleanup, found under Accessories->System Tools in the Start Menu to clean up temporary files. You can also use this same tool to recover space from system restore points, by selecting the Cleanup System Files button.

 

[seanoff]

delete shit.

do you have auto update on, if so, turn it off.


or buy an external drive and take everything but the OS off your machine and stick it on the external drive. you can get them for $100/Terabyte.

 

[RobV]

Like MisterB said run disk cleanup, if you haven't done that for a while you will have a lot of files in there. You can also try disk defrag, found under the same menu.

 

[DeadlyAkkuret]

Disk cleanup worked a treat, gave me another 3 gigs. Thanks!

 

[MisterB]

No worries. Happy to help.