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Deleting 2 No219GB Folders exact Copies of same downloaded TV Programs
I Found I had 2 exact copies of recorded TV Programs of over 10 years ago. I wish to delete the copies before examining the original recordings.
So I put them in the recycle bin, and as I now always examine the recycle Bin folder carefully before I delete anything permanently, I was horrified to see included in the recycle Bin: My main Boot Hard drive (C) and Recover Drive (D).
I did 2 snip copies showing the situation and restored them to their original positions. I checked the files in the folders just to see they were copies.
The total size of each Folder TV(1); TV(2); &TV EACH totals 219 GB in round Figures that's a GRAND total of 660GB this is strange, because the Total storage used over the decades must be only 309GB with of 571 GB still Free of the 880GB total allocation on Drive BOOT (C) with 18.6GB still Free of the 49.9 GB Allocation for Recovery Drive (D).
So I assume that there is only one Store of TV Programs and if any copy is deleted; it is, as if it were just a shortcut. This would account for the Recorded Folder of TV(1) as snipped showing just 312MB.
As shown in the snip attachment I will try and attach, there is a maximum size of 47125 MB for Boot (C)
At the end of the day . It is the other data perhaps being only 309GB-219GB or 90GB being my chief interest. The TV Programs can be destroyed as unimportant as a tinkling cymbal - I only listen to the Radio and then only briefly.
Helpful comments will be appreciated.
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After deleting in small stages all the contents of the second copy of the recorded TV 2 programs. From Boot(C:) all the contents of Folders Recorded TV (1) and Folder Recorded TV . The contents of both of these Folders also had been deleted.
While this has freed up a considerable amount (208GB) available space. But I have lost my films!!! Not the end of the World.
So perhaps to keep the contents in Folder Recorded TV where they were first presumably recorded into by the O.S. I should have done something different. Any Comments
But I wanted to “safe not sorry” and was worried of doing something to other After deleting in small stages all the contents of the second copy of the recorded TV 2 program.docxneeded information.