Hard Drive inexplicably double overnight

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Hard Drive inexplicably double overnight

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Post by philipt95148 » Tue Aug 25, 2020 3:43 pm

I keep Recorded TV in 1TB HD and deleted recordings when done.
It has been at 50% usage for a long time and suddenly overnight increased to almost double.

I looked up all hidden files and could not see what could have caused this.

Has anyone experienced this?

TIA

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Post by Scallica » Tue Aug 25, 2020 6:19 pm

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Post by philipt95148 » Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:49 pm

That works.
Windows created a video folder and populated it with over 300gb of live tv records of 2,3 gb each. I don't know why but this was after a security update that was pushed through my system even though I set it up NOT to update.
Do you happen to know how to stop all updates, including security updates?
Thanks

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Post by Scallica » Wed Aug 26, 2020 3:15 pm

philipt95148 wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2020 2:49 pm Do you happen to know how to stop all updates, including security updates?
Stop the Windows Update service and disable it.

https://www.repairwin.com/how-to-disabl ... -or-vista/
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