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AWCC taking up space
Every time I launch my PC now I get a notification of AWCC downloading. I don't want it and I've tried to get rid of it multiple times. The real problem is that I'm running low on space on my C: drive and when it starts downloading I get left with 2 gigs of free space. I've already tried to uninstall AWCC, so which files are taking up so much space? I just want to get rid of all the files that take up that much space.
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Posted August 30th, 2022 06:00
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DELL-Chris M (old account)
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Posted August 30th, 2022 07:00
Hi @cocomans ,
Have you tried to see which apps take up the most amount of space?
The worst case is that AWCC kept installing itself to the point where it filled up the drive.
I also recommend using Disk Cleanup to see if any old files are there.
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crimsom
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Posted August 27th, 2022 02:00
Hi @cocomans welcome to this free user to user Alienware laptop discussion forum.
The OS(C:) boot drive needs a large amount of free space so that can open temporary files to run applications. If your PC has provision for another internal drive, move your Data to this drive. You can get external drives that will store Data.
Advocate using Macrium Reflect Free to clone (copy) your small size OS(C:) boot drive onto a larger drive. Creating a copy retains the registration of all your applications, so just swap in the larger OS(C:) boot drive and use.
Then you can decide to remove or keep the Dell AWCC application.
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