I am struggling with a small 32GB SSD.

HP Stream 13 Notebook with 4G T-Mobile + Win 8.1, only 1.2 GB left on 32GB SSD drive after I updated it from Win 8.0.
I installed Google Chrome Web browser, MS Office 365 and Norton Security Suite. 1.2 GB seems OK. However, from time to time, it goes down to 250 MB. I have to re-boot Notebook.
Is it normal? Are there any solutions?
I know that someone tried to remove non-removable 7.1GB Recovery partition. It does not work. I know someone used SD card to install additional program. However, three program installed by me do not required huge space.
Did I missed something? Any advice will be appreciated.

Run disk cleanup, open windows explorer and right click on the C drive, select properties. On the General tab click Disk Cleanup, it will run for a minute or two, when it is done another window will open, now click Clean Up System Files, it will run again, this time will give you more options to gain more disk space. You can also go to the More Options tab on the disk cleanup window and hit the cleanup button in the System Restore section. Do Not use the compress this drive to save disk space option!

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