Drive getting filled on its own

[OinkBoink]

Okay, I'm running Windows 7 and my C drive is getting filled up on its own. Every time I refresh 'My Computer', there's less and less space in my C drive. This happens till there's no space left. Obviously, I'm not transferring any data onto the drive. This happens by itself.

What the hell's going on?

 

[pcgeek11]

Something is writing to the drive. Open it in explorer and find the folder etc that is being written to and maybe there will be a clue. What processes are running, what programs. Turn them off until it stops to isolate the offender. It could be malware, virus ...

 

[corkyg]

Cross posting is a no-no in Anandtech.

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2211044

 

[OinkBoink]

Yeah, sorry about that. I first posted here, then thought that might be a more appropriate forum.

 

[Bubbaleone]

Okay, I'm running Windows 7 and my C drive is getting filled up on its own. Every time I refresh 'My Computer', there's less and less space in my C drive. This happens till there's no space left. Obviously, I'm not transferring any data onto the drive. This happens by itself.

What the hell's going on?

Try this: Make System Restore Use Less Disk Space in Windows 7 :thumbsup:

 

[lsv]

Try processor explorer, it will tell you what applications and dlls are using what files and how; http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653

 

[Envian]

You can use "Super Finder" to search for all files on your computer and then sort them by date, you'll find the recently written files/folders then.