INDEXING

Question

I need to know what indexing is, how the files are recovered that it has taken from the menu. I have deleted all photos off the drive put in onedrive and google photos, and the folder is empty  but still showing as if there are photos in the folder. I am short on memory and need to know what to do to remove what to gain memory/storage, I had windows 10 and now as of today it has some how went back to windows 7 HELP

Answer 1

Hello Rhonda,

We appreciate you being part of the community. To answer your query about Indexing, it helps the system identify the file location based on its details. Therefore, we may think that the file indexing is innocent in the issue.

Since the files are removed from the system, we are wondering what makes you think that the files are still in the same folder? If the files are deleted, they're normally move to the Recycle bin. If you're using OneDrive and there is where you put the files, the system could have synced the files from the online storage.

One of the best ways to free up storage spaces is to use Disk cleanup:

1. Open Disk Cleanup by clicking the Start button . In the search box, type Disk Cleanup, and then, in the list of results, select Disk Cleanup.
2. If prompted, select the drive that you want to clean up, and then select OK.
3. In the Disk Cleanup dialog box in the Description section, select Clean up system files.
4. If prompted, select the drive that you want to clean up, and then select OK.
5. In the Disk Cleanup dialog box, on the Disk Cleanup tab, select the check boxes for the file types that you want to delete, and then select OK. To remove data from a previous installation of Windows, select the Previous Windows installation(s) check box.
6. In the message that appears, select Delete files.
7. Go back to Computer in File Explorer, select the drive you cleaned up, and then select Refresh. If you need to free more space (the drive is still marked red), go to the next tip.

Feel free to chime back when you need further info.

Kind regards.