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My account is full. How can I reduce my account space usage?
If you are trying to stay below the limit of your account size, there are many ways to reduce the number and size of files you are
backing up:
- In PC Data Backups you can deselect files without deleting them from your hard drive:
- Click the Backup View tab and click Files Needing Backup. Click the Size button at the
top of the window to sort the files by size. Deselect any large files you do not need to back up.
- Click the Explore to Pick Files button. Then deselect entire folders that you do not need to back up.
- Deselect specific music, graphic and video files you do not need to back up, particularly those that come installed with
Windows. Click the Backup View tab. Press Ctrl-F, or click the Operations menu and click
Find, or click on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the window. Type a filename or wildcard (e.g. *.mp3) and
click Find Next. To deselect a file from the backup, click on the green checkbox to change it to a red X.
- Click Options > Advanced Backup Rules > File Types. Deselect extensions of file types you do not want to back up.
- Run Disk Cleanup.
- Click Start > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup.
- Select Downloaded Program Files, Temporary Internet Files, Recycle Bin, and
- Temporary Files. We do not recommend compressing old files.
- Uninstall programs you are not using.
Remove unused software such as online services that came installed with the computer when you bought it.
- Search My Computer for large files to deselect from your backups or delete from your computer.
- Click Start > Search > For Files and Folders, or click the Search button in Windows Explorer or My Computer.
- In the "Look In" box, select the drive or folder you want to search.
- In the "What size is it?" section, select Large (More than 1 MB) or Specify size (in KB), select at least and type in
500 or another size.
- To list all files in a drive or folder, you can type *.* in the File Name box.
- Click the Size button at the top of the Size column to sort the files by size.
- Compress large files or groups of seldom used files using Windows compression or WinZip. (We do not recommend this type of
compression for critical data because recovery may be impossible or more difficult in the event of damage to the compressed file.)
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