something is eating my hard drive.

help guys and girls .
run a 300 gb hard drive, normally got about 230 to play with !!!! got up this morning powered up and low and behold i am down to 35gb left on my hard drive have done everything i know to find out what has been eating my drive up and the only thing i can find is this .
icfreespace 3184.temp and
icfreespace8259.temp wtf is this havent seen it before .
Any help would be great guys .

you use nero?

sure do .

boss getting ready to start a night shift , thanks for any help you can give me on this hard drive prob .

check your nero folder your probly collecting a lot of back up files from burning dvds

You can try running treesize to see where all the huge files are hiding. It's freeware. http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/

If you have system restore turned on turn it off and then check to see if it got rid of all those back-up files that you don't need then let me know if that was it or not.Sometimes,If you let system restore have it's way it can take up so much space it's unreal and you won't even think that it could be it.

You can try running treesize to see where all the huge files are hiding. It's freeware. http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/

or another alternative is "spacemonger". its a freeware.

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Thank you fellow noobsters will try all and let you know how i get on . IF i dont get back to you for a few days it will mean that my pc has learned to fly from a 14 storey tower block.lol

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ok guys and girls time for an update tried spacemonger thanks Atomicoxygas but no joy so then tried treesize/thanks MostlyHarmless but still no joy . and then grillwalker said try system restore turned on turn it off and then check to see if it got rid of all those back-up files And still no joy !!! and then checked out nero as Boss man said and ZIP. SO guys and girls it could be false reporting from my hard drive but i think i will go for a full upgrade Not what i wanted to do so close to christmas and all but hey i have to have my FIX of Noobster or else i will go CRAZY.Thanks again guys and girls for all your help new i could count on you.p/s this where my new kit is comeing from.
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Bogus man ! But it looks like a nice upgrade ^_^ 65pounds for a 500 gig drive isn't TOO bad but it would have been nice to have been able to help ya out :(

There is a better way to do this : v-com powerdesk has a powerfull feature letting you to read in detail the size of anything (folders and files )on your HD ; you do not need going to DOS ; everything is present in a nice interface. The counterpart is that it is shareware not freeware ; i use it since the beginning when Ontrack crested the tool ; I never worked since without it ; powerfull, pleasant , and superefficient .
This beeing said , I have a guess : your system is creating HUGE restore points ; try to apply the former tips about options for files anfd folders ; let uncheckecked the option for hiding system files and hidden files; you should discover a folder "System volume INFORMATION ", develop it and get its total size ; you will discover a tremendous amount of restore points whith the size of each on the disc . use wind@ws cleaner tool to get rid of the old restore points , just saving the newwest one .
VCOM PowerDesk (http://www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Pro_Home.html)
Google : "free space disappeared"

You can try running treesize to see where all the huge files are hiding. It's freeware. http://www.jam-software.com/treesize/I really like it. I was able to reclaim about ten Gb. It lets you see what you are taking off.