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The size of W11, MS Off, apps updates etc. has increased from 43 to 53 GB on my active drive. Have no clutter on it, run CCleaner regularly before each reboot and Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup after each update?

Do I need to run some specific disk tests etc.?

Could the increase be due to indexing...I have none movies, songs etc. on the drive? But I do occasionally watch movies on it, (not on the desktop).

Is it wise to disable indexing, it's pros and cons and would it increase the responsiveness of my laptop?

If yes how do I disable it?

Hoping to hear from you experts.

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Another thought could the increase be due to MS Off updates, do I need to uninstall MS off 2021 older updates like W11s, IF yes how and could they be a reason for Word icon under Recommended at times not showing as it should vs. as a white blank icon?
 
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I don't think that ShareX would increase that much of a space..... :confused:
 

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Alexey2912 said:
The size of W11, MS Off, apps updates etc. has increased from 43 to 53 GB on my active drive. Have no clutter on it, run CCleaner regularly before each reboot and Dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup after each update?

Do I need to run some specific disk tests etc.?

Could the increase be due to indexing...I have none movies, songs etc. on the drive? But I do occasionally watch movies on it, (not on the desktop).

Is it wise to disable indexing, it's pros and cons and would it increase the responsiveness of my laptop?

If yes how do I disable it?

Hoping to hear from you experts.

Thanks.
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Are you talking about Windows directory only or whole C: disk/partition?
Ccleaner is not of much help for that but windows keeps a lot of stuff and indexing is not very large. although with fast SSDs like yours it doesn't do much or anything good.Other places like Driver store that keeps at least one previous version of drivers, Temporary browser files, many others. If you enable displaying of System and Hidden files and folders you can see many more displayed.
 

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Are you talking about Windows directory only or whole C: disk/partition?
Ccleaner is not of much help for that but windows keeps a lot of stuff and indexing is not very large. although with fast SSDs like yours it doesn't do much or anything good.Other places like Driver store that keeps at least one previous version of drivers, Temporary browser files, many others. If you enable displaying of System and Hidden files and folders you can see many more displayed.
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The whole C: disk partition, not Windows directory.
 

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In that case look at my C. contennts with all visibility enabled:
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All those starting with $ are system reserved.
 

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Hey @CountMike , your expert thoughts on size increase of approx. 10 GB.?

Not that it's bothering just curious...….

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All past updates that could be still uninstalled are still there as well as Restore points, temp files etc. depending on maintenance settings they are kept for 10 days.
Page file can also increase fast if you are low on free RAM.
 

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All past updates that could be still uninstalled are still there as well as Restore points, temp files etc. depending on maintenance settings they are kept for 10 days.
Page file can also increase fast if you are low on free RAM.
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Restore points Disabled. RAM is 16 never exceeds 10.
 

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The size of W11, MS Off, apps updates etc. has increased from 43 to 53 GB on my active drive.
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System restore points can build up to a significant size if you're not careful. They're kept in System Volume Information, so not immediately obvious. It's the first place I look to clean up should the used space grow more than expected.


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    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta, and the release build of Win11 22H2, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
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    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 128GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro 22H2 Insider Beta, and the release build of Win11 22H2, both as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 128GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro.
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Bree said:
System restore points can build up to a significant size if you're not careful. They're kept in System Volume Information, so not immediately obvious. It's the first place I look to clean up should the used space grow more than expected.


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@Bree , you hit the bull's eye right at the sweet spot @ Mach +10 ;-)

I thought had disabled System restore on all partitions, just checked it was ON on C active but disabled on others.

After turning it off and deleting all restore points back to 45 GB.

Thanks for clearing.

Best regards!


Do I need to keep up Tree?
 

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My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro 22H2 (22621.1344).
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron i5 5510
    CPU
    core i7 11th gen
    Memory
    16 GB DDR4 @3200 MHz
    Hard Drives
    1 TB SSD M.2 NVMe
    Keyboard
    Dell Premier Multi-Device Wireless Keyboard and Mouse – KM7321W
    Browser
    Brave.
    Other Info
    Edifier speakers. (Thanks to @Edwin).
  • Operating System
    W11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    XPS Special Edition
    CPU
    11th Gen Intel® Core i7-11700 processor
    Memory
    32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR4, 2933 MHz, dual channel
    Graphics card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6
    Hard Drives
    2TB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD
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