[SOLVED] Toshiba 3TB external hard drive capacity reached?

[SANTELL]

I've emailed Toshiba but no response. I have two of these and they are both redlining at 265 GB free. Would've thought could get another 100 GB or so out of (in) them. Am I putting the hard drive in danger if I go to say 200 or 150 GB free ? thanks

 

[mdd1963]

no danger...150 GB is free is still a lot of space.

But, I'd start clearing stuff you do not really need (anything that can be readily redownloaded is not needed, etc..)

 

[DSzymborski]

What do you mean by "redlining?"

 

[SANTELL]

What do you mean by "redlining?"

clicking on "This PC" in Windows 10 will show all storage drives and how much free space each has remaining. When these two drives reach "264 GB free" the two blue lines turn red which I assume is a danger signal

 

[fzabkar]

There is no danger. Windows just issues a benign warning to tell you that you are running out of space and to consider a clean-up or additional storage devices,

 

[USAFRet]

When there is less than 10% free space left, "This PC" displays that drive or partition in Red.