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axe0 said:

I noticed you doing this, but axeO is not my username, axe0 (zero) is my username. The O and 0 are a look alike and most simply avoid the last character to avoid this mistake.

You mentioned quite a few times that you needed step-by-step instructions, from what I read you actually don't which is good news. You know how to copy/paste a single file, backing up many GBs of data is copy/pasting taking into account the space needed and available at the destination. Once you know the space is there, you copy and paste the files/folders. There is almost no difference with one or two files and a few GB of data, you select what you want to copy/paste and copy/paste it. The real difference is the time, a few GB of data is going to take some time.

You cannot, however, copy the ENTIRE content of the C: drive to the F: drive. Reason being is that if you copy them back, things do not automatically run and work as you might expect. This applies to drives that have programs installed.

Trying to copy/paste files/folders to a destination that does not have the space, that is not going to work. Windows will inform you prior performing the operation that it's not going to work due to lack of free space.

Hello axe0,

Thanks for your message.

I definitely need to apologise for getting your user name wrong - "Sorry".


Because of my age / `old eyes` I do need to use glasses when looking at the Computer monitor and I obviously mistook the 0 / Zero for an O - that must have happened when I typed my first reply to You and I automatically typed the O on every message since then.


Although I do know how to Copy & Paste individual items to move them from one Folder to another I would have no idea how to do that for moving large amounts of Files / Data from the C Drive to the F Drive.

For example I don`t know if it would be possible to Copy the entire contents of my Computer`s `Pictures` folder and if it is possible how would I then Paste the contents into the Computer`s F Drive ?

Also I mentioned in my previous message that when I look at the contents of my Computer`s `Documents` folder I do not recognise most of the Files that are there - when I have deliberately created a document I always name it in capital letters to make it easy to identify so I don`t know why / how the other documents were created.

I have moved the Documents that I definitely created out of that Folder into the `Downloads` and `Pictures` folders to separate them from those that I do not recognise / were not knowingly created by me.

I am wondering whether any of those remaining Documents are related to the Operating system ?

Perhaps some Screenshots of them would be helpful although it would take quite a few to show the entire contents and I am guessing that You would need to see ALL the Documents in case something that was not shown was an important item that should not be moved to the F Drive ?


According to a C Cleaner Disk analysis the remaining Documents seem to add up to almost 13,000 Mbs [13 GB`s ?] which I would obviously like to move into the F Drive but I don`t know whether that would be possible without causing problems ?

Something related to the Size of the `Documents` folder and moving large amounts of Data / Files that I don`t understand is that when I click onto it and go to `Properties` the size is showing as only 446 Mbs - how could there be such a discrepancy regarding the size of the `Documents` folder compared to the CCleaner Disk Analysis results amount of almost 13,000 Mbs / 13 GB`s ?

This is obviously something that I just don`t have enough knowledge in `Computing` to know about.

Hopefully I have attached a Copy of the CCleaner Disk Analysis results again which shows the Sizes of the various Folders on my Computer`s C Drive.


I thought that I would be able to Copy & Paste a list of items contained in the `Documents` folder below this message for You to see but that was not possible and I obviously did not want to Copy & Paste all of the Files on here without asking - even if that was appropriate / possible ?


My requests for Step by Step instructions are still needed regarding how would I Copy & Paste everything from my Computer`s `Pictures` folder and the `Downloads` folder and move the contents into the Computer`s F Drive ?

Thanks for explaining about the destination Drive needing to have enough free space to receive whatever is being Copied & Pasted - in my case the F Drive has got about 136 GB of free space remaining from the original capacity of 141 GB so I am hoping to move at least 30 - 40 GB of Data / Files from the C Drive into there to free up enough space in the C Drive to hopefully make my Computer much more stable.


Thanks again for your continuing interest and help I really appreciate it.


Chris

Hello axe0,

Because my Computer has become almost unusable / keeps freezing because the C Drive Free space keeps dropping / fluctuating down to 10 GB or less I had to try and work out how to regain Free space to hopefully get the PC to become stable.

I decided to try and Copy & Paste some Data / Files from my Computer`s almost full C Drive to the almost empty F Drive as the first step in regaining a lot of free space for the C Drive for the reasons that I have previously explained - i.e. that the lack of free space in the C Drive was causing my Computer to become regularly unusable with the Keyboard and Mouse completely freezing up.

I tried the Copy & Paste process by opening up the `Computer` page using the Control Panel button on the Start menu which displayed the C Drive and the F Drive and a list of Folders including `Libraries` and folders within that such as `Pictures` and `Videos` where I know that the largest amounts of Data are contained.

I have attached a Screenshot of that `Computer` page so that hopefully You can see what I am describing.

I then right clicked on the `Pictures` Folder and clicked `Copy` - I next right clicked onto the F Drive display and clicked `Paste` which started the Pasting process at approximately 34 GB`s - that took quite a long time pasting at only about 10 MB`s per second.

After some time I saw that the Copy & Paste process of the `Pictures` Folder contents seemed to have completed correctly by noting that the 34 GB`s had been deducted from the F Drive free space.

I also clicked to open the F Drive and saw a list of Files although that seemed to be more than just the `Pictures` files - I checked a few Picture files to make sure that the contents were the same as those contained in the `Pictures` Folder still remaining on the C Drive and that they would open.

There were other files that I would not have expected to have been Copied & Pasted when I only selected the `Pictures` Folder such as: `Downloads`/ `My Documents`and `Public Documents`.

I then carried out the same Copy & Paste process for the `Videos` Folder in the C Drive but when the Pasting process was almost complete I noticed that the size of the Video files `transfer` was almost exactly the same 34 GB`s as the previously Copied & Pasted `Pictures` Folder.

When I look at the list of Files that were Pasted into the F Drive when I thought that I had only Copied my Computer`s `Videos` Folder there are also: `Downloads`/ `My Pictures` / `My Documents` / `Public Documents` / Public Pictures`.


All that I did on both the `Pictures` Folder and the `Videos` Folder in the C Drive was to right click on them and select `Copy` and then right click onto the F Drive and click onto `Paste` - why would doing that for the Folders individually [Pictures and Videos] have seemingly caused a massive duplication of Files re. the Downloads / Documents and Pictures ?

It seems to me that a great deal of Data / Files that were `transferred` to the F Drive from the C Drive in what I thought were 2 completely different Folders copied & pasted in 2 different actions - `Pictures` and `Videos` were the same.

I now think that although it seemed that about 68 GB`s were Copied & Pasted from the C Drive to the F Drive that will NOT be the amount of Free space that would be gained when I delete the `Pictures` and `Videos` Folders from the C Drive and obviously I would not want duplicated Data / Files taking up Free space in the F Drive either.

Also as deleting the `Pictures` and `Videos` Folders [and their contents] in the C Drive contents list [see Screenshot attached] is the only way to regain whatever amount of C Drive free space that has actually been moved to the F Drive I am concerned whether that is going to affect the operation of My Computer regarding how do I arrange for future Pictures and Videos to be put into the appropriate Folders in the F Drive as opposed to the Computer trying to put them into non existent Folders in the C Drive ?

I have to make sure that I do not delete the Pictures and Videos Folders in the C Drive contents list and cause more problems.

I hope that I have explained the above well enough - I do not know correct Computer terminology so I hope that my wording is understandable.

I would welcome your comments and further kelp on this please.


Chris

It's been almost 2 weeks and I apologize for this late response. Unfortunately, things have changed in the past weeks and as you have noticed, I am unable to spend much time here for the moment. This will probably change in the future, but not anytime soon.

axe0 said:

It's been almost 2 weeks and I apologize for this late response. Unfortunately, things have changed in the past weeks and as you have noticed, I am unable to spend much time here for the moment. This will probably change in the future, but not anytime soon.

Hello axe0,

Thank You very much for all of your help with my Computer`s BSOD problem I have really appreciated it.


Because of what I described in my previous message regarding my attempts to regain Free space on the Computer`s C Drive by Copying & Pasting some Folders from the `Libraries`on the C Drive to the F Drive I need help with a few questions so I hope that I will get some replies from other Members.

Although as was mentioned before in this thread I doubt whether anyone else will respond as they will think that You are still corresponding with me about the BSOD problem.

I had no luck contacting Member Marie SWE by private message to ask for the help that She previously offered regarding instructions for moving Data / Files from the Computer`s C Drive to the F Drive - I hope that She is O.K.

To other Forum Members:

As the original BSOD problem that I posted this thread about has become intermittent and I think that Member axe0 has helped me as far as we can go with that I am hoping for help with another problem please.

My Computer has now frequently become totally unresponsive because the C Drive keeps losing up to 10 or 12 GB`s of Free space which drops the free space down to about 10 GB`s - when that happens the Computer`s Keyboard and Mouse do not operate so the Computer cannot be used and I have to turn it off by using the power button.

See attached screenshot from 3 days ago where the C Drive free space had dropped from about 20 GB`s to about 10 GB`s.

I would really appreciate some help with what I described / asked about in my previous message - please read the details in that message as they describe what I have tried, the fact that the processes did not produce the results that I expected and questions about how to proceed.

Because I have virtually no knowledge in `Computing` I would need Step by Step instructions please and I will almost certainly have a few questions before I put any instructions into operation because I have to ensure that I don`t make any mistakes that might ruin my Computer.

I hope for some replies because at present I cannot proceed with trying to get much more Free space on my Computer`s C Drive to hopefully make the Computer stable / no longer `freezing up`.


Chris