▲ 10 ▼ Lately, my Windows 10 hard drive is being used up for no reason whatsoever - I'm pretty sure it was Windows Update that's causing it. What should I do? (lemmy.dbzer0.com) submitted 9 months ago* by DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/techsupport@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments SPECS: OS: Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 64-Bit and Linux (dual-booting on separate hard drives) CPU: Intel Core i7 9700K RAM: 32GB Motherboard: MSI Z3-90-A PRO (MS-7B98) GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com [S] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child) I have WIndows 10 - where is that on the settings? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago Control panel -> View advanced system system settings -> Performance -> Settings -> Advanced -> Virtual memory -> Change Make sure the "Automatically manage..." is nit selected and you should be able to set the paging file for each drive separately. System managed for the main OS drive (usually C:) and any other SSDs you run apps from is fine. Old hardrives and other drives that are just for storage should have "None", otherwise that drive may be used for paging file. Also make sure the main drive always has a good bit of free space (20GB+ should be more than enough), so it should be prioritized for the paging file. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LNRDrone@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 months ago Control panel -> View advanced system system settings -> Performance -> Settings -> Advanced -> Virtual memory -> Change Make sure the "Automatically manage..." is nit selected and you should be able to set the paging file for each drive separately. System managed for the main OS drive (usually C:) and any other SSDs you run apps from is fine. Old hardrives and other drives that are just for storage should have "None", otherwise that drive may be used for paging file. Also make sure the main drive always has a good bit of free space (20GB+ should be more than enough), so it should be prioritized for the paging file. permalink fedilink source parent