SimpleSave Desktop 1TB FULL but only have 167 GB on HardDrive

[MaryB8]

I spent about 5 hours deleting old pictures that were duplicate off the SimpleSave drive and only gained about 30 GB.  I feel at this rate I can't get the usage down significantly.   Now, I only have 167 GB on my hard drive so what is taking up all the space?   Has anyone else have this experience?   Thank you.    

[Prométhée]

Hello
we can't guess, unfortunately!
You have indicated an HP simplesave, this is normally a backup disk, with in general automatic function!
We cannot know how this backup is configured, you probably have something other than photos?

this is an example of a model

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/HP-SimpleSave-Portable-Hard-Drives/4023081/model/4023087

HP SimpleSave Hard Drive - FAQ

HP SimpleSave Hard Drives - Software Manual

[MaryB8 · Accepted solution]

After reading what I posted I realized that I did not give enough information.   Feeling somewhat dumb ...  

I use my SimpleSave as a backup for my PC , standard configuration.   Before posting, I had deleted all unnecessary backups from the C:\ drive and started to work on my thousands of pictures thinking that they were taking up a lot of space but they were not.  That is when I posted the above.    

Good News is I found the problem.   I had many automatic Windows Backups stored on my PC back to 2016.   Somehow I did not realize that I should be deleting these backups.   I deleted three backups for 2016/2017 and gained  250 GB. 

Thanks for listening and have a good day ,   MaryB8     

[Prométhée]

ok, please close the discussion in this case by validating the answer