Low on Space message

I have an Excite 7.7 with 16gb onboard storage and a 16gb external sdcard, running ics 4.0.3. Something is using all my storage space. Last night, after cleaning out everything I could think of, Settings Storage reported 12.56gb total internal storage space, 841mb in Apps, 316kb in Pictures and videos, 220kb in Audio, 8.80mb in Downloads, and 54.17mb in Misc, leaving 63.87mb as available.
This morning, when I first started the tablet, Settings Storage reported the following: 12.56gb total internal storage space, 622mb in Apps, 708kb in Pictures and videos, 220kb in Audio, 8.80mb in Downloads, and 54.17mb in Misc, leaving 177mb as available. The increase in pictures is because i took two screenshots. No other activity has taken place.
So, storage reports about 700mb used out of over 12gb total, yet shows less than 200mb available. i understand that system files take up some space, but nearly 11gb lost is a little crazy. In an effort to clear up some space, I have cleared caches, deleted unused apps and tried everything else I could think of.
Even with a reported 177mb available, I am unable to install even the smallest app. Basically, this tablet has become useless.
One other symptom I have noticed is a popup on the screen every 30 to 40 seconds saying " Failed to update My Location - no signal.". I have no idea what this refers to. I have a good wifi connection and the gps has a good fix on my location. Maps correctly shows my location.
Finally, in the time it took me to write this post, my reported available space has dropped to 174mb, with the tablet just sitting on the desk.
Hopefully, someone here will have some ideas as to what is happening and how to correct it. The only thing I can think of is to reset the tablet. Any other suggestions?
jrshall

Thanks, I will post on some other forums. Do you know if I do a backup, then factory reset, can I then selectively restore from the backup? Or am I stuck with a full restore to the way it was at the time of the backup?
I suppose worst case would be to do a factory reset then selectively reinstall apps while looking for problems. I would lose some app settings and such.
It's frustrating that there is no real file manager available that would allow me to easily see what files are created when, file sizes, file locations, etc. I suspect there are temp files being created and not deleted that are gobbling up drive space. At one point, I did find several hundred mb of photo thumbnails. Appparently, something went out to my Picasa and Google Drive accounts and downloaded thumbnails of every picture there. I think something similar is happening, but don't know where they are.

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