<div dir="ltr">Remember that if you copy data to another storage device/media, that data is not usually removed from the first device. You either have to set it up to delete after copying or delete it manually. I'm paranoid and prefer to do most of my deleting manually just in case something goes wrong during the copy/transfer process.<div><br></div><div>FWIW,<br>RD</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 10:33 AM Randall via Shop-talk <<a href="mailto:shop-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
> If you have backed up all the pictures and other content you <br>
> have created, consider doing a factory reset. It is a good <br>
> way to clear the various corruptions that develop over time, <br>
> and will likely yield improved performance.<br>
<br>
FWIW, on my Android phone, I discovered that many "free" apps appear to grab<br>
part of the flash space, and deliberately hide it. I was trying to do a<br>
hard backup to my PC in preparation for an operating system change (the<br>
version of Android that came on my phone is no longer supported), and those<br>
files kept showing up as "could not be read" during the transfer process.<br>
Deleting the associated app did delete the files, and freed up more space<br>
than the app was supposedly using.<br>
<br>
IOW, I agree with Peter's suggestion; except that I think the "corruption"<br>
is deliberate, by apps that are engaged in spying on you. There seems to be<br>
no other reason a game would need hidden files.<br>
<br>
Randall<br>
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