How did the used space on my hard drive increase so fast?

I just bought a new laptop at Best Buy and when I first got it I had 280gb of 285gb free space on my harddrive. After only a few days and no new progams or hardware installed, it now says that I only have 247gb of 285gb free space.
How did this happen? The only thing I can think of is a Windows Update that took place - but I doubt that would take up so much hard drive space?
Thanks for any help.

I'm not really sure without looking at the unit. My best suggestion, have the Geek Squad at your local store check it out.
Adam
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