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SmItHsTeR25
New Novice
6 months ago

Mods? Cc? Symbolic link?

Hi, so today I done a symbolic link, I was lead to believe that it would no longer take storage on my C drive now it was on my D drive, I’ve checked my C drive and it’s still taking up storage? Aswell as my harddrive? Can someone explain this in simple words so I can understand please? 

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  • SmItHsTeR25​  Are you sure the content is actually taking up space on your C drive, as in, you don't have any more space than when you started?  If you double-click the symbolic link, it appears to open like a folder, but it's actually redirecting you to the other location.  So it could look like these files are on your C drive when they're not.  Look at the address bar, above the list of files and folders, to see where you are.

    If you're not sure what you're looking at, feel free to post some screenshots.