windows 8

Windows 8/8.1 - free disk space on drive/partition slowly disappearing without any new files copied or software installed

Recently I noticed that one of my partitions started losing space and there were no new programes installed or files copied to it.

How come? What is going on?

After a lot of digging into the matter -- and occupied space still growing -- I discovered the culprit was the System Information Folder, where Windows stores all sorts of data, such as restore images etc.

And then I started googling for solutions.

What next?

The System Information Folder is hidden, so, to see it, you must have the Hidden protected operating system files shown. [node:read-more:link]

Fix the MBR (Master Boot Record)

Is your computer showing a 'no system disc' error and 'press any key to continue'?

Had to boot from an USB drive, to run memtest, a memory diagnostic software, and it somehow overwrote the MBR (Master Boot Record). So every time I had to 'press a key' to make the computer boot normally.

How I solved this issue?

The solution is quite simple. [node:read-more:link]

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