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Also, my SD card is listed as exFAT as well. Do I need to switch that as well? I just noticed it.

So I am copying a large amount of templates from DB and moving them to the new HD, but my storage hasn't freed up any space. What else do I need to do or how do I remove them from the HD after moving them from dropbox?

Right now I am paying $20/mo for Dropbox storage. Which one is the most reliable for storage? I am a photographer and so I have lots of raw files and PS templates for sports.

Ok, I've configured the old EHD(G) to NTFS as well. I copied everything and pasted it to the Sandisk 4tb drive. I'm still confused about the Dropbox backup. Should I transfer the larger files (PS templates and raw files) to my new 4th drive? Will that free up space on my desktop?

Ok, looks like everything transferred over to the new drive.

It's brand new. The only thing on there is a windows/mac security software.

I appreciate you taking the time to help me with this issue

I purchased the SanDisk 4tb. I have it here now. Where do I go from here? Thanks so much!

I do use Crashplan for a backup So what would be a good, reliable EHD to transfer these files to?

All of my older EHD say NTFS, but the one I am currently using says exfat! There's a lot of important stuff on that one!

Thank you, I have started to move some nonimportant files over to a external hd. But I keep getting a pop up that says "do you want to continue to move this w/o it's propertie"s or something like that. What does that mean? Thanks so much!

My desktop is not showing thumbnails in windows or Bridge at this point and I am getting notifications that my computer is out of memory. So after some searching I found that Dropbox is taking up all of the space. How can I safely remove files from DB and free up space on my PC? I have 3 external HD's connected to my PC. I just tried to copy & paste some folders to a different external hard drive and it said I do not have enough space to copy these items. What can I do at this point?

Thanks so much!

I definitely asked on this forum before purchasing a new laptop. It's my desktop that is older. Here's what I recently purchased:

How do I know I have enough security on my desktop? What programs should I be looking for? Just windows defender? I do some banking online so that's my main concern.

Wow, seems like it a snowball effect. I just purchased a laptop, so I will most likely hold off until black Friday for a desktop deal, unless you know of any that happen before (hoping it makes it that long). Thanks so much for the explanation, I appreciate it so much.

On Webroot's website I went through their "help me choose" for a plan and it suggested Webroot Security Complete. I googled it and it's $15 cheaper on Amazon than purchasing through their website. Would there be a major difference?

My subscription officially expired and now I have been getting spam emails. So i feel like I need something, but when I can't seem to find the same product I had before. I am up to date on the Windows update. Sometimes I am working is PS and sometimes I am sitting on the other side of the room and no where near it when it starts running like that. Using NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6G

I am up for renewal for my WebRoot subscription. Do you still recommend this brand/software? The past two years have worked great, as far as I can tell. Just not sure which plan I need. It's just for my PC and laptop. Also, when running PS my desktop it sound like it's going to explode. I looked back at this convo and I was wondering if you have any other updated suggestions for the Samsung SSD Drive listed above? Thanks for your help!

Well, that's why I asked the question, I WANT to learn. I'm asking for a good resource on the basics of maintaining my computer. What should be deleted, and what shouldn't. Like, I never knew that I was supposed to go through my downloads and delete them after saving them. Simple things like that...

Oh, I have pretty much everything categorized for sure! (For the most part.) I'm thinking what I need to do is to go back and delete the raw files my clients did not buy and just keep the ones that were purchased. When I say basic maintenance, I mean like when I see people talk about cleaning their desktops. I have icons on my desktop but I never click on them as a shortcut (if that's what they are there for?). I just for the first time went through my downloads folder and deleted a bunch of stuff in there. This seems like embarrassingly basic stuff everyone should know about owning a computer, but I didn't go to college and we were not taught this stuff when I went to high school.