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fzabkar said:
Try ...

Code: 
dir x:\users\public /ad /s /b
dir x:\users\default /ad /s /b
dir /?
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Sorry, I was confused. IIUC, you are booting from drive X: which is a USB stick. If you can't see the root directory of your C: drive, then something is wrong with it.

The following command should list all the subdirectories in the root of C:.

Code: 
dir c:\ /ad /b

Code: 
$Recycle.Bin
$Windows.~WS
$WinREAgent
Boot
Config.Msi
Documents and Settings
MSOCache
PerfLogs
Program Files
Program Files (x86)
ProgramData
Recovery
RECYCLER
System Volume Information
temp
Users
Windows
 
Type ...

Code: 
C:\WINDOWS\system32>diskpart

Microsoft DiskPart version 10.0.19041.3636

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: MYPC

DISKPART> list disk

  Disk ###  Status         Size     Free     Dyn  Gpt
  --------  -------------  -------  -------  ---  ---
  Disk 0    Online          931 GB    93 GB
  Disk 1    Online          931 GB    93 GB

DISKPART> list volume

  Volume ###  Ltr  Label        Fs     Type        Size     Status     Info
  ----------  ---  -----------  -----  ----------  -------  ---------  --------
  Volume 0     D   Boot_Disc    NTFS   Partition    838 GB  Healthy
  Volume 1     C   Boot_Disc    NTFS   Partition    838 GB  Healthy    System

DISKPART> exit

Leaving DiskPart...

C:\WINDOWS\system32>
 
When you boot into the recovery environment, the drive that normally takes the letter C: is assigned the letter X:.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-x-drive/422e5340-b6dd-4676-ac69-9e6a69a66a4a

But drive C: in the diskpart screenshot is too small. Instead it must be D: which is the boot drive. That's where your files must be located.

I think you should just experiment with the DIR command until you find the files you are looking for.
 
fzabkar said:
When you boot into the recovery environment, the drive that normally takes the letter C: is assigned the letter X:.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-x-drive/422e5340-b6dd-4676-ac69-9e6a69a66a4a

But drive C: in the diskpart screenshot is too small. Instead it must be D: which is the boot drive. That's where your files must be located.

I think you should just experiment with the DIR command until you find the files you are looking for.
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Sorry, thought I refreshed the page. I will mess with it all little more tonight then have to run out. Thanks for thr help and will let you know what I find.
 
If you have some critical files that you need to save, perhaps you could attach an external drive of sufficient capacity and copy the video files to the other drive.

For example, the following commands create a Videos directory on external drive N: and then copy the AVI files from your D: drive to N:.

Code: 
md N:\Videos
copy D:\Users\your_video_directory_path\*.avi N:\Videos
 
fzabkar said:
If you have some critical files that you need to save, perhaps you could attach an external drive of sufficient capacity and copy the video files to the other drive.
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I just need to delete the videos under the "Radeon" folder. There's one huge file that likely caused all this.

In Videos, there's a sub folder called "Radeon" That's where the large screen record file is.
 
Thanks, I'll mess with it tomorrow. I appreciate the help, trying to learn as I go. Definitely cool to learn to interact with the PC at a little above my paygrade...:) , albeit carefully.
 
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