Well, the system creates many files for itself. Here are the ones I know.
If you use programs the systems creates prefetch files. You can empty it once in a while to clear it. Found in C:/WINDOWS/Prefetch I am assuming that your drive with the OS is C:/
Oh yeah, restore, it doesn't really create files unless its a system checkpoint. You will see an increase of disk usage. If you want, you can clear all but the most recent checkpoint through diskcleanup. Note: This is not recommemded as they all say, does nothing but saves our arses from reformatts.
Internet, explorer d/l's the webpages and saves it to disk but if its like only 8 files added then its not the cause. This would be adding hundereds of files but its still good to clear it anyhow.
I think the cause is the system log. Ok, everytime you do something on your computer, the system logs it to a file. Even boots are logged as successful or unsuccessful or maybe the system crashed etc... ALL are logged. You can clear it through clicking start----control panel----performace and maintainence----Admisnistrative tools----Event viewer. You can clear the logs through here. Right click on any of the three and click clear all events. It'll ask to save to a file you can click no but if you're having problems with XP and would like to spam MS with error reports or want to troubleshoot yourself, then save it. But its registry gibberish so I usually don't bother.
There is also another temp folder in your user account folder other than the one in the windows folder. Go to C:/Documents and settings/<your user name>/Local Settings/Temp
Local Settings folder is a hidden folder so unhide all files first.
If not it could be one of your apps, usually appearing on the taskbar. Could be your Antivirus's log files. Depends on what you have.
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