Windows Disk Usage - samhocevar/... GitHub Wiki

Typical usage space for a developer Windows machine after 2 years of use:

  • 50 GiB for C:/Windows/
  • 30 GiB for C:/System Volume Information/ (hidden folder)
  • 35 GiB for C:/Program Files/
    • including 20 GiB for Visual Studio, and 5 GiB for MS Office
  • 80 GiB for C:/Program Files (x86)/
    • including 40 GiB for Windows Kits, GDK, Xbox dev tools
    • including 20 GiB for PS5 dev tools (with 2 SDK versions installed)
    • including 10 GiB for PS4 dev tools (with 2 SDK versions installed)
  • 30 GiB for C:/ProgramData/
    • including 20 GiB for Windows Apps (hidden folder)
  • 30 GiB for Nintendo dev tools (with 2 SDK versions installed)
  • 10 GiB for MSYS2
  • 60 GiB for pagefile.sys and hyberfil.sys (about 2× RAM amount)

⚠️ this assumes that the following will be small or stored elsewhere:

  • C:/Users/ (user profiles), or at least the main user’s profile directory
  • C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/
  • C:/Program Files/Epic Games/