{"id":58433,"date":"2020-04-07T10:23:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T10:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/?p=58433"},"modified":"2020-06-30T06:59:51","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T06:59:51","slug":"fixed-ssd-is-full-for-no-reason-in-a-windows-computer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/fixed-ssd-is-full-for-no-reason-in-a-windows-computer\/","title":{"rendered":"Fixed-SSD is Full for No Reason in a Windows Computer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>\u201cMy C drive \u2013the 128GB SSD is full, but I think it is not. I find no reason for this issue as there are only Windows system and some apps on it. What do I do to fix this issue and get the SSD to work effectively in Windows computer?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What will happen if your system drive SSD is full? You will find the computer running obviously slowly and some programs may not work normally. Sometimes, the system may crash. Therefore, this article will cover 5 solutions for you to <strong>fix SSD is full for no reason in a Windows computer<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#solution1\">Solution 1: Move or Delete the Large Files<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#solution2\">Solution 2: Clean System Junk Files and Invalid Registry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#solution3\">Solution 3: Uninstall the Useless Programs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#solution4\">Solution 4: Turn off Hibernation and Get Rid of Hiberfil<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#solution5\">Solution 5: Replace the Full SSD with a Larger One<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fixed-ssd-full-for-no-reason-on-windows-computer.png\" alt=\"fixed SSD full for no reason on Windows computer\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fixed-ssd-full-for-no-reason-on-windows-computer.png 700w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fixed-ssd-full-for-no-reason-on-windows-computer-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/fixed-ssd-full-for-no-reason-on-windows-computer-256x128.png 256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"solution1\">Solution 1: Move or Delete the Large Files<\/h2>\n<p>You can try to move the folders which contain lots of data, such as documents, videos and image, to another hard drive or upload to the cloud. If you have two hard disk on the computer, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/system-genius\/user-guide.html#download\">move downloaded files to another HDD<\/a>. Additionally, you should pay attention to the large files on the desktop. If the folders or files are useless, you can delete them to free up space for the SSD. The hidden files or folders should be taken into consideration while the SSD is full.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Get the hidden files\/folders unhidden in Windows<\/p>\n<p>For Windows 10\/8.1\/8 users, they can open Control Panel and choose File Explorer Options. Then in the File Explorer Options window, click View tab and check Show hidden files, folders, and drives option under Hidden files and folders section. \u00a0Click the Apply and then OK button to make the changes into effect.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58435\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/show-hidden-files-folders-in-windows-10-8.png\" alt=\"show hidden files on Windows 10\/8\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/show-hidden-files-folders-in-windows-10-8.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/show-hidden-files-folders-in-windows-10-8-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Windows 7 users, they need to access Control Panel &gt; Folder Options. In the pop-out prompt, click View tab and then choose Show hidden files, folders, and drives. To save the changes, you need to click the Apply and OK button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58436\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/show-hidden-files-folders-in-windows-7.png\" alt=\"show hidden files on Windows 7\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/show-hidden-files-folders-in-windows-7.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/show-hidden-files-folders-in-windows-7-300x213.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Move or delete the large files\/folders.<\/p>\n<p>View all files on your SSD (C drive) and move the useful large files to another hard disk. For the unwanted big files, you can delete it directly. If you do not know which files\/folders take up spaces, you can open This PC or Computer to access your SSD. Then in the search box, enter size: large and choose the size you want. After minutes, you will get the folders\/files which meet your requirement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58437\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/search-for-large-files.png\" alt=\"search for large files\" width=\"600\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/search-for-large-files.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/search-for-large-files-300x206.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"solution2\">Solution 2: Clean System Junk Files and Invalid Registry<\/h2>\n<p>Some people may use Disk Cleanup\u2014the Windows built-in tool to do the disk cleaning. But the operations are different for different Windows versions. Now we will teach you how to use third-party Windows cleaning software to free up SSD space. It is much easier for everyone and the steps are the same in all Windows versions.<\/p>\n<p>You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/system-genius\/\">iSunshare System Genius<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/how-to-clean-system-junk-files-in-windows-10.html\">clean system junk files<\/a> and invalid registry files without any difficulty. At the same time, you can<a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/system-genius\/user-guide.html#release\"> release more space for the C drive<\/a> (SSD) .<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/downloads-v2016\/isunshare-system-genius.exe\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"\/images\/common\/free-download.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Run iSunshare System Genius and click \u201cScan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"415\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58438\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scan-the-ssd.png\" alt=\"scan the ssd system junk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scan-the-ssd.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/scan-the-ssd-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> All files are selected by default when you get the scan result. And you can click \u201cClean\u201d to clear all junk files and invalid registry files from SSD.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"414\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clean-all-system-junk-on-ssd.png\" alt=\"clean all system junk on SSD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clean-all-system-junk-on-ssd.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clean-all-system-junk-on-ssd-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"solution3\">Solution 3: Uninstall the Useless Programs<\/h2>\n<p>Uninstalling some programs can be regarded as an effective way to solve SSD full for no reason issue.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> on Windows computer, type \u201cuninstall\u201d on the search box and choose \u201cPrograms and Features\u201d from the result.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> View all programs installed on your computer. \u00a0You can choose the unwanted one to right-click and get the Uninstall option for SSD space release.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"323\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/uninstall-a-program.png\" alt=\"uninstall the program\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/uninstall-a-program.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/uninstall-a-program-300x162.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"solution4\">Solution 4: Turn off Hibernation and Get Rid of Hiberfil<\/h2>\n<p>Hiberfil.sys is created by the Windows OS when the computer enters Hibernation Mode. When you get the full SSD notification, you can try to disable Hibernation. \u00a0It is easy for you to turn off Hibernation and get rid of Hiberfil.sys.<\/p>\n<p>On the computer desktop, you need to click the Windows icon and find Command Prompt. Right-click Command Prompt and select Run as administrator. \u00a0In the Command Prompt window, enter <em>powercfg -h off<\/em> and press Enter key. After that, the hibernation is disabled and hiberfil.sys is deleted. More space for SSD is gained.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-58441\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turn-off-hiberation-via-cmd.png\" alt=\"turn off hiberation via cmd\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turn-off-hiberation-via-cmd.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/turn-off-hiberation-via-cmd-300x137.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"solution5\">Solution 5: Replace the Full SSD with a Larger One<\/h2>\n<p>If all the above solutions cannot help you to make the SSD run as faster as before, you can consider purchase a larger SSD and use the cloning utility to copy your SSD to the larger one. You can use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/clonego\/\">iSunshare CloneGo<\/a> to move all data and system configuration into the larger SSD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/downloads-v2016\/isunshare-clonego.exe\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full alignnone\" src=\"\/images\/common\/free-download.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Connect the larger SSD with the computer and if it is the new SSD, you will need to initialize it when it is connected to the computer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Launch iSunshare CloneGo, click Disk Clone and then select the source disk(Your full SSD) as well as the target disk(the larger SSD).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Click the Start button and confirm the formatting operating in the destination SSD. After that, you just need to wait for the cloning process to end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Shut down the computer and replace the full SSD with the larger one. Then you can normally boot the computer with the larger SSD and get your issue fixed.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76949 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clone-the-full-ssd-to-a-larger-one-1.png\" alt=\"clone SSD to larger SSD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clone-the-full-ssd-to-a-larger-one-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/clone-the-full-ssd-to-a-larger-one-1-300x216.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Final Words: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The above 5 solutions are the most common ways to fix SSD full for no reason issue. You can also try other methods, such as change the default location of the download folder, to free up space on the full SSD.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Related Articles: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/how-to-fix-windows-10-slow-boot-on-ssd.html\">How to Fix Windows 10 Slow Boot on SSD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/computer\/guide-for-samsung-ssd-optimization-in-windows-10-8-7.html\">Guide for Samsung SSD Optimization in Windows 10\/8\/7<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/windows-10\/migrate-windows-10-to-new-ssd-in-asus-laptop.html\">How to Migrate Windows 10 to New SSD<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.isunshare.com\/blog\/how-to-clone-c-drive-to-external-hard-drive-in-windows-7-8-10-computer\/\">How to Clone C Drive to External Hard Drive in Windows Computer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cMy C drive \u2013the 128GB SSD is full, but I think it is not. 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