Windows 11 gobbles data

[sadkingbilly]

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

[DealorNoDeal]

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

[d000hg]

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

[NotAllThere]

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

Absolute doddle nowadays.

[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.

[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....