Please verify the size of this folder on my C: drive
I have Win10. I have a folder, Documents, where I store all my documents. I have an external drive that has documents files saved and I cannot access the files through my computer ports.
Thus, I want to buy a flash drive that I can transfer documents to. I did a Properties size and it shows 980GB. That seems absurd. Here is what the readout states:
That seems like a lot of files and I wonder if some of them are duplicates. I'm trying to clean up the Documents & C: drive so I can transfer files to a flash drive vs. an external drive. What size flash drive should I buy? Thanks.
Last edited by Sal_gal; June 20th, 2019 at 05:36 PM.
That looks like the size of the entire C: drive. In Windows (File) Explore, navigate to the C:\Users\<YourUsername> folder (substitute your user name for <YourUsername> and right-click on the My Documents or Documents folder and select Properties. You should get something similar to the attached screen capture that tells you how big the contents is. Bear in mind that there may be files elsewhere on your computer that you may want backed up (pictures, videos, configuration file data, application file data, etc.)
Typical flash drives are much slower than external hard drives, so it's going to take longer to copy over the files. And to reiterate what jdc2000 said, you always want more than one copy of your files. External does not equal backup.
That looks like the size of the entire C: drive. In Windows (File) Explore, navigate to the C:\Users\<YourUsername> folder (substitute your user name for <YourUsername> and right-click on the My Documents or Documents folder and select Properties. You should get something similar to the attached screen capture that tells you how big the contents is. Bear in mind that there may be files elsewhere on your computer that you may want backed up (pictures, videos, configuration file data, application file data, etc.)
Also, remember that files stored in only one place, even externally, are NOT backed up.
Followed instructions, same thing, same size. I have 1 TB HD; and when I see the C:drive it shows: 109GB used; 805 GB free.
I am going to Properties in Documents. This is a head scratcher.