Shouldn't system disk C get more space

Question

I have an inspiron 7000 Gaming, which has two drive on two different disk name C (105gb) and D(931 gb). My C drive is constantly near full and I have lot of issues trying not to install anytime in C and keep clearing the drive every one and and then.

I can't seem to repartition the drives as they are on different disk. I feel there should be more space allocated to the system drive as this is becoming very frustrating.

This is what the space distrution in c looks like atm:

Although games and app show 50 gb , I only have essential apps in my c drive and no matter what I do I can't seem to free this space ,this is what they are arrange by size:

As you can see it is not lot of heavy programs , I tried everything from disk clean up to manually deleting unwanted apps and folders,defragmenting etc.

I just feel like 100 gb is too less we should be at least given the option to re partition the disk some how as I do have a lot of space on D drive thats unused while I have to manage each MB on C drive

jphughan · Accepted Answer

@Sned27 you ordered your system with two physically separate storage devices, namely a fast but relatively low capacity SSD, and a slow but relatively large HDD. Ordering the system with a single fast and relatively large SSD would have simplified things because everything could have been on C if you wanted, and everything would also have been on fast storage, but of course that's more expensive.

Repartitioning isn't an option here because again, those drives you're looking at are on two physically separate devices. There are ways to have partitions span different physical devices, but typically you can't do that for the partition that Windows boots from, so that wouldn't help you in this case. And you wouldn't necessarily WANT to do that anyway, because there might be some applications or data that you deliberately want to keep on your fast SSD for maximum performance, and then some other "bulk data" that you're fine having on slower storage because performance for that data isn't as important to you.

One thing you can try is using an application called TreeSize Free to scan your C drive and show you what's consuming so much space. It sorts the root folder and files on the drive by size from largest to smallest, and then as you drill into subfolders, their folders and files are sorted the same way, so it makes it very fast to see where storage space is being consumed. You might find that you have a lot of content in your profile folders (Desktop, Documents, etc) and/or that in your hidden AppData folder, some application is generating a lot of content. In the latter case, you'd want to see if that application can be reconfigured to store that data somewhere else. You would NOT want to just delete or move it. But if you don't see anything you're willing to move onto the slower and larger HDD, then you might want to consider buying a larger SSD aftermarket, or if you're in the return window you could return the system and order it from Dell with a better configuration.

U2CAMEB4ME · Answer

Welcome to the Dell Community&#xa0;&#xa0;@Sned27&#xa0;Set the D: drive as 'Default' storage!!!I use my E: drive as my 'Default' storage.Best regards,U2

Sned27 · Answer

Just Installed treeSize , its pretty good. Turn out my users folder in C was was eating 34gb of space. Most of it was drop box, apple software and some other dumped-data from programs not even belonging to C drive.

I clear around 20 gb althought apples itunes still lingers and won't budge no matter what I do it seems.

But this has worked for me.Thanks

jphughan · Answer

If the large iTunes folder was in Appdata, it can get large if you back up your devices to iTunes rather than iCloud, especially if you have a lot of photos and videos on your Camera Roll and/or you keep text message threads that have a lot of photos or videos, because in that case all of that is being backed up to your PC.

Sned27 · Answer

Hey thanks for your reply but I had already done this .I found that  most of hidden-used-space was in user folder which could not be moved as you suggested I believe , so I simply deleted it.

jor682e · Answer

Hi - you wrote '.....two physically separate storage devices, namely a fast but relatively low capacity SSD, and a slow but relatively large HDD.  Ordering the system with a single fast and relatively large SSD would have simplified things because everything could have been on C if you wanted, and everything would also have been on fast storage, but of course that's more expensive.' Does this also apply to the Inspiron 3793?  I too am constantly getting messages that there's no free space on the C: drive, even though my documents photos etc... are on the drive.   So I'm stumped as to what I can delete.   Things came to a head two days ago when I needed to re-install Chrome, and the installer didn't have enough space to do it.    Would the average user know that they should have ordered a single fast and relatively large SSD?  I suspect not unless they're an IT technical guru.   When I chose my machine from the Dell website, I don't recall any advice or warning from Dell. So now I'm doing a re-install of the whole machine from scratch.   Or trying to;  I'm now getting messages to the effect that there's not enough space to wipe the machine... it needs another 2.9GB on C: so I've had to uninstall enough apps in the hope that it works next time. I bought my Dell around February this year (2021).  Am I still in the 'return window' for a device with a larger SSD?

DELL-Chris M · Answer

* Press Press Windows + R* Type cleanmgr [press Enter]* Check all* Click OK* Click Clean up system files* Check all* Click OK * Press Press Windows + R* Type sysdm.cpl [press Enter]* Under Disk Space usage, use the slider to your desired limit and Apply

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