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linds_41299
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16 days ago

Storage Issues

Hi everyone! A few months ago, I bought a cheap, used Lenovo Thinkpad to play the sims on since it took up too much space on my main laptop. I own a lot of packs and have downloaded quite a few cc/mods. Everything's been fine for a while, but now my computer is saying that I don't have enough space for the game to update and allow me to play. A little while ago, I turned off OneDrive because it was saying that my files (aka the game + my cc/mods) was taking up too much storage and I would need to buy more. I wasn't interested in paying for more OneDrive storage as I didn't understand why I needed it anyway, so I turned OneDrive off and moved everything off of OneDrive and just onto the computer. Is that why the storage is suddenly full when it's been fine for months? Is this even the right forum to ask this question lol? Are there any other options? Sims is my escape and stress reliever and not being able to play has totally ruined my weekend. Thanks for any help!

custom content (cc)
downloads
hardware
mods
updates

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  • puzzlezaddict's avatar
    puzzlezaddict
    Hero+
    16 days ago

    linds_41299​  This is the right forum to ask these questions.  And the immediate answer may be simple: you can repair instead of updating to get the fully-updated version without needing nearly the free space available on the drive in question.

    As for what's eating up the extra storage, that might be more difficult to figure out.  What you can do though is poke around in File Explorer.  Open a window, click This PC in the left panel, and see how much free and total storage is available on C.  Double-click the C drive and you'll see a bunch of folders.  Right-click each one and select Properties > General to see its size.  If you see anything suspiciously large, open it and check the sub-folders until you find the reason, whether it's legitimate or not.

    Your computer will have some hidden files and folders that take up space, the page file probably being the largest.  This is fine and normal.  The question is about everything else.

    Feel free to share your findings with me, or ask any questions about the process.

  • linds_41299's avatar
    linds_41299
    New Novice
    11 days ago

    Thanks so much! I'm back in work and school mode unfortunately lol but I'll definitely get on that this weekend and see if I can figure things out!

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