Why did Windows 7 eat up space on my hard drive?

I'm having a recurrence of an old problem of loss of disk space. Previously, I was told to use Treesize Free to determine where the issue was, but I finally had to have a technician re - install Windows 7. Since then I ran periodically Treesize Free analyses for the purposes of comparison, so I'll discern any unusual changes.

Now that the problem is recurring, my Treesize Free scan indicates the major changes from one era to another are in fact windows files, rather than documents that I record or programs that install. I can't understand why Windows just grow up and get so great to make my drive unusable.

This computer has a small hard drive of 80 GB. Here is a breakdown of the results of analysis in the past months. I have usually saved the 4 most important positions and opened their subfolders.

C:\	63545.7	64763.9	65369	68179.1	70034.9	76777.3	77058.1
Users	37121.8	38379.7	34735.6	40946.6	36257.4	34577.5	32255.2
Windows	15620.8	15551.5	15263.4	15753.7	17128.7	24616.3	27655.1
Program Files	4305	4352.9	4398.9	4483.1	5069	4840.7	5169

You can see where, as it got worse, users, files decreased because we removed some stuff, and Windows has experienced rapid growth. Can it be prevented or repaired without reinstalling another?

EDIT:
Sorry my lost table formatting, but looking for 7 entries in all, and the analyses were performed in MB instead of GB.

Your issue is listed when I search with Google. You use Explorer PRO:
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They can relate to something you download as video?

Download and install cCleaner. A better program of disk cleanup is cCleaner. cCleaner comes with a registry tool. Do not use this tool as any registry cleaner could lead to the creation of very difficult to resolve system errors.
http://www.CCleaner.com/download

1.9. When you open cCleaner you will see four large icons to the left of the window. Here's cleaner them, registry, tools, and Options. For routine maintenance, you normally acceding Cleaner (this is not the mentioned registry cleaner later). When using for the first time only, you can accept the default settings.

1.10. some observations on the parameters. On my computer, I do not have the boxes before the passwords saved selected. In a less secure environment, you could check this option and set cCleaner to run automatically when the computer starts. You also cannot check the boxes in front of shortcuts from the Start Menu, desktop shortcuts and historical form. You must check the boxes according to your needs. Bad first time options causes irritating no disasters.

1.11. the second icon that you see when you open cCleaner's registry. A reserve many experienced users have about cCleaner, it's that it comes with a registry cleaner. This tool should not be used. By using a registry cleaner, but it is the case, provides significant benefits and there is always the risk of creating insoluble system errors, which cannot be resolved by reinstalling the operating system and all that that implies. You will avoid any possible problem of not not by clicking on the Save icon.

1.12 the third icon that you see when you open cCleaner is tools. If you click this icon, it gives you access a routine plus service options. The first two tools are uninstalled and commissioning. I do not use these tools, preferring to use other software options. The third tool is the restoration of the system, which is covered in the next paragraph. The fourth tool is Wiper Drive and you will find reviews about this tool later

1.13 removing the system restore points can be important if you have little free disk space. The ability to delete them is one of the tools options. You can selectively remove those created in less important moments. This makes it easier to hold the restore points for long periods without keeping large unwanted files, whose inflexible approach to disk cleanup fails to offer.

1.14. you can't remove the last restore point using the cleaning disc or cCleaner. If the last restore point contains malicious software, you can turn off and then turn on system restore. This has the disadvantage that restore all points are removed when you want to keep more restore points that are not infected. How to get round this problem is to create a new restore point when you are satisfied with your computer is free of malware and then remove the infected restore point.

1.15. in normal circumstances, you probably rarely need to use Driver wiper. However, there are situations like if you gave the computer to someone else, then the tool may be useful. Please note that the wiper Drive, opening, generates a warning message, which should not be dismissed lightly. Using wiper Drive for the wrong reason could have serious consequences.

1.16 the fourth icon is labeled Options. Many configuration options are available here. You can configure cCleaner to run when start you but remember that this will slow down the boot. Another setting allows you to include or exclude cookies. Yet another allows files named to exclude.

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