I saw on my laptop that I have a file on the local disk D which is called WindowsImageBackup and uses 94.5GB. Can I delete it without losing anything important such as images, videos or documents?
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The WindowsImageBackup folder is created by Windows if you have a system image created for the function: Backup and restore. A complete 1: 1 image of the data carrier is stored in it.
Toshiba created this image, in which the complete Windows installation is saved in the delivery state. Whether you can delete them is at your own discretion. I wouldn't do it.
This is a backup.
you can delete it, provided you have saved your personal data on an external memory (warmly recommended)
then also deactivate the automatic backup.
Yes, if you delete them, no photos or anything go away, only your operating system on which you can access the photos and the documents
This is a Windows backup which, however, does not work on your own computer. If your computer crashes, you have a 1: 1 clone of the backup date. Which you can then not use on the computer.
Take an external hard drive or I have a 120GB USB stick. This works because a backup is around 40 GB and the oldest is automatically deleted when storage space is required
Files like photos, videos, word / exel etc. Belong in an automatic cloud.
How
already described very well.
Without an image file, in the event of an error, you will never be able to restore your laptop to the way it used to be.
So I recommend a complete external data backup.
Better save your pictures, videos and documents externally. And thereby create space. Via a USB stick or a USB hard drive. The downside is the slow speed.
I don't know your laptop so I can only give general tips.
If I'm supposed to tinker with such a device, then take a much larger SSD and clone the built-in hard drive on it. Then I swap the media and keep the old one for emergencies.
You can deepen that if you are interested.
