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My buddy's IT guy said something about old files that made me delete 50 gigs last night
I was helping a friend move some furniture last week and his brother who works in IT saw my external hard drive collection in my car. He asked me when was the last time I actually opened any of those files. I started counting and realized I had stuff from 2012 I never touched. He told me most people keep digital junk because they think they'll need it someday, but really they just never took the 5 minutes to check. I sat down last night and deleted over 50 gigs of old drivers, installers, and game saves. Has anyone else ever actually gone back to open something from more than 5 years ago?
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emma_garcia1d ago
Found a folder from 2013 full of Sims 3 mods I swore I'd use again. Clicked on one and my current computer didn't even recognize the file type. Deleted the whole thing without opening anything else. Felt lighter honestly.
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jenny19821h ago
Tbf those old sims 3 files are usually just .package files or something, your computer should still be able to open them if you have the game installed. But hey, clearing out old junk is always a vibe lol.
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emery1010h ago
Right? @emma_garcia probably saved herself a bunch of hassle by just tossing that whole folder.
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