Hi all
something seems to have consumed a large amount of the "C" drive (23% of 72 GB) but I can't see what it is.
Any idea how to see what the files are
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all the other nodes in the tree expand OK so I can see what's in them but this one just says [files] and 23 %. the second screen shot shows the amount of space being used by these [files] ??
Cheers
jimbo
Go through this first.
Hard Disk Space - Free Up and Recover
There are a number of system files which take a lot of space. Some of these are. These are normally marked as Hidden and System.
1. Page File
2. Hibernation file
3. Filesystem metadata files.
4. Windows shadow storage.
Hi all
solved problem
Was copying with Windows explorer nearly 1 TB of music / audio files on to my local computer from a Network drive. Windows explorer needed a huge amount of workspace to copy these files --- not the best way of moving vast amounts of data -- but it's the weekend so I don't have to watch rhe screen.
Cheers
jimbo
jimbo,
many thanks for getting back with the cause.
If you have such a massive copy ahead again, let me recommend using RoboCopy.
Despite the multitude of options, a simple straight-forward copy, as an example,:
Go to a cmd shell prompt and type
Robocopy R:\Music T:\Music /MIR
R and T are two drive letters I pulled out of the air and
Music is a folder I pulled out of the air.
After trying many things, I now use RoboCopy exclusively for data backups and transfers.
I've got a simple batch file that I run (last statement is pause) so I can take a quick look at the screen output.
I only use the /MIR when I want to make sure that all old is gone and the new copied over,otherwise, the /E option when I just want to transfer over the updated and new files.
I've been curious to know why a "high level" folder copy from one partition to another incurs so much overhead.
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