Reply to: Windows 11 gobbles data

[darmstadt]

I had something similar on a new Win 11 laptop although have never seen it on my other Win 11 laptops and was to do with Google Drive and One Drive. I had made a small change to the set-up of the Documents/pictures/etc folders and what was happening is that Google Drive actually makes a copy/cache backup of the data before moving it around and One Drive had this folder in it's folders to backup (I also keep stuff local). Ended up transferring 64,000 odd files and a few 100's GB before noticing and reconfiguring. Bastards....

[DealorNoDeal]

I've followed all the suggestions in this article, and checked a few other articles to see if there was anything else, but it's still consuming quite a lot of data.

https://www.groovypost.com/howto/lim...-on-windows-11

I even uninstalled OneDrive just to make doubly sure. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to let you uninstall a lot of stuff eg. Edge. Now why doesn't that surprise me.

In "Settings -> Network & internet", you can get a breakdown of the data usage but the biggest culprit now is "System" which could be anything.

[NotAllThere]

How easy is that to do, getting the right drivers etc?

Absolute doddle nowadays.

[d000hg]

A Linux machine that you can't use effectively will definitely be gobbling less data

[DealorNoDeal]

As an old UNIX bod, switching to Linux would definitely be appealing.

[sadkingbilly]

You could install it as a dual boot image, then if you like it, nuke windoze, or if not, nuke linux.

[sadkingbilly]

'avealook here:

https://linuxmint.com/

mint has the closest feel to windoze and drivers for the most common components IMHO

[DealorNoDeal]

just put Linux on it then

How easy is that to do, getting the right drivers etc?

[sadkingbilly]

just put Linux on it then

[DealorNoDeal]

Is this the same laptop you wrapped in a towel to get working?

No, this is a brand new one, although I am thinking of wrapping it in something else. Tinfoil to block ******* Microsoft.

[WTFH]

Is this the same laptop you wrapped in a towel to get working?

[DealorNoDeal]

Despite being poorly written, there's some tips here that may help:

https://itechhacks.com/stop-windows-...-so-much-data/

Thanks, I'd already come across that.

Turning off Windows Automatic Update permanently is a bit more convoluted. Stopping and disabling the service only works temporarily; after a while, it re-enables the damn thing. You have to use gpedit.msc to stop it for good but that only comes with the professional edition, not the home version. I found a script to activate it. I can share the details if anyone is interested.

[ladymuck]

Despite being poorly written, there's some tips here that may help:

https://itechhacks.com/stop-windows-...-so-much-data/

[d000hg]

Metered WiFi used to be a great way to stop W10 doing silent updates and killing your laptop just as you are about to start a presentation, I don't know if that's still the case in W11? It was a handy trick.

[NotAllThere]

Get hold of Treesize and you'll see that there's all sorts of GB files that are loaded from the Store. Including Candy Crush Saga and a few other games that you probably don't want.