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On both my desktop and laptop, my Windows 11 C drives are on a 500 GB SSD. My D drives are on a 1 TB HDD. Desktop A Microsoft Support Engineer noticed that I backed up 300 GB of family videos on ...
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TextKit
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2022-06-11T23:54:55Z (over 2 years ago)
Should I now delete backup files already stored on my SSD C Drive? Should I use free space on SSD C Drive?
On both my desktop and laptop, my Windows 11 C drives are on a 500 GB SSD. My D drives are on a 1 TB HDD. ## Desktop A Microsoft Support Engineer noticed that I backed up 300 GB of family videos on my C drive. Windows 11 consumes 200 GB. Thus my Desktop SSD has 100 idle GB. She DISadvised adding these family videos to the C drive, which allegedly will lower the SSD's lifespan and slow Windows. Finally, she advised deleting these family videos. Alas, I couldn't understand her explanation because she spoke English with a NONstandard accent. As these 300 GB are already stored on my SSD, should I now delete these 300 GB? Or should I [let sleeping dogs lie](https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/let-sleeping-dogs-lie.html)? ## Laptop Again, Windows consumes 200 GB. I feel like I'm overlooking or squandering the spare 300 GB. Should I use this 300 GB by backing up files?