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Monday, December 17, 2018 7:09 PM
My computer has only a 128GB hard drive in it. As such, I have to be careful with my space, especially since I use rather large programs like Visual Studio and SQL Server Management Studio.
Last week, Windows Update and Update Orchestrator Service started using a large percentage of my CPU and disk. I didn't think much of it at the time, but the I noticed my C drive filling up. I now have only around 600MB of free space on my computer, and it goes down at about 1MB per second.
The culprit is the folder C:\ProgramData\USOShared\Logs. In this folder, there is approximately 16GB of .etl files which are only about 88KB each. The catch is that there are literally 190,000 of these file in the directory. There are literally more being added every second. I don't know what to do.
I tried to find something about this issue, but wasn't able to find anything at all. All I found was the the USOShared folder was part of Windows Update, and should not be touched. But I need my hard drive space back.
Can anyone help?
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Monday, December 17, 2018 11:55 PM
When the file system gets corrupted, it will report the free space incorrectly and cause C drive filling up problem. You can try to fix it by following steps: open an elevated Command Prompt (i.e. Run as Administrator), execute "chkdsk C: /f /v /x", agree to schedule for reboot, and then reboot your computer, and let it scan while it reboots.
You may also use:
Disk Cleanup.
Click Start and then type in "Disk cleanup" (no quotes).
Wait for the Disk Cleanup icon to appear, and then click it.
A new window will appear. Choose the C drive from the drop down list.
Windows will analyze the drive; the "Disk Cleanup" window will appear.
The first tab labeled "Disk Cleanup" allows you to remove temporary files. The second tab allows you to delete Restore Points and Volume Shadow Copies, including older Windows backups. Both these options can save a significant amount of space.
S.Sengupta,Microsoft MVP Windows and Devices for IT, Windows Insider MVP
Friday, December 28, 2018 8:26 AM
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