Why am I loosing space on my computer?

I have an acer aspire laptop that has two drives with 32 gigs on each. When I got the computer there was about 21 gigs of free space on the one drive and 32 on the second drive and since then I've been monitoring what I've been putting on my computer to keep track of the free space. So far I've probably added about a gig and a half of files on this laptop however when I went to check my free space the other day it said I only had a 11 gigs of free space! Something wasn't adding up and I couldn't find what was taking up an additional 10 gigs of space. I've recently been watching streams of shows and movies on my laptop so I just by chance checked how much space was on my computer after watching an episode and it said I now had 10.7 gigs of free space. What is going on? Where is all my space going and is there a way I can check all my files by file size?

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Cleanup and Defrag. Also, download CCleaner and run it.
Don鈥檛 forget that your computer comes with tools to keep it clean. When files are saved to a hard drive they are broken up into tinier files. That file is called a fragmented file. The fragmented file takes more time for the computer to put together. When a file is defragmented, the computer takes all the bits of files and puts them into one place which makes for a faster computer. Defragmenter does the process. To find Disk Defragmenter, go to Start-All Programs-Accessories-System Tools-Disk Defragmenter. As well as Disk Defragmenter, there is something called Disk Cleanup. Run it as frequently as Disk Defragmenter, about once a month to keep your computer healthy.
Hmmm are you hacked? Maybe its a virus or something. You better give your computer a full scan. Also are you deleting the cookies and temporaily internet files. That could build up causing you to loose space.

You also might need to clean ur computer and defrag it. To do soo you go to start, all programs, accessories, system tools.
Get rid of all your temp files and temp internet files.

*Go to Start%26gt;Settings%26gt;Control Panel%26gt;Internet Options and delete all browsing history (cookies, temporary internet files etc). Check the box, Also delete files and settings stored by add-ons.

*Make sure your folder settings allow you to see the ALL your folders, Go to My Computer%26gt;Folder Options%26gt;View. CHeck all the show files boxes and UNCHECK all the Hide boxes. Click apply and ok.

*Go to C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Local Settings \temp

Delete all files. (for each user)

*Delete all in recycle bin
Have you defragmented yet?
Try deleting your temperary files for the internet. Also, delete your cookies and empty the deleted email box and junk email box. Maybe a good defrag could help also.
Temp %26amp; junks files may be taking up the space. Use Ccleaner to remove all temp %26amp; junk files.

http://filehippo.com/download_ccleaner/

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In Internet Explorer, you can remove your temporary files. Tools -%26gt; Internet Options -%26gt; Under "Temporary Internet Files", hit "Delete Files".
if you have cookies then you should block alot of them if you use the internet as this can save space, coming from the i.t genie want to know
You are probably filling it up with temp files. Sweepi is a good freeware program for cleaning up junk files.

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/sweepi.html
Virtual Memory...

Everytime that you open a program, your ram is used to run it. When you open other programs while that one is open, it takes more and more... and once you run out of Ram you begin using your Hard drive space as "virtual ram". And when you go back to close the first program that you opened... you dont get all of that Ram Back until you start over -- like closing all applications or restarting your desktop. When you see that your Harddrive seems to be getting smaller and smaller too quickly.. then restart, and see what happens. If it remains low, then your issue is something else completely.
Have you been deleting temporary internet files when you are done surfing? IF not, that explains the loss of free space.

Go into the Browser settings and delete the temp files. This will clear up a lot of space, if the temp files are the cause.

You should also be running anti-spyware, as a favorite of those programs is to fill hard drives with junk. If you do not have an anti-spyware program, download Spybot

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/mirro...
Empty your cookies and temporary internet files.

Also, click Start-Control Panel-Security Center-Internet Options-General.

Under Temporary Internet Files, et your # of days to store internet files to one and click Settings above it.click Settings.

Set your storage to 1Mb, click apply and Ok all the way out.