mike13 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I just noticed a folder in MY DOCUMENTS called PROFILE1. It was created back in early October. If I click on that folder, it breaks down to about 20 items labeled as Profile1_FFB_0001 INP, then Profile 1_FFB_0002 INP. it goes up to 20 I think. Each of these smaller items is over 665,000 meg. If I click on any of these smaller items, I am told that it could not be opened etc. The whole folder is over 14 Gig. I think it might have something to do with a DELL BACKUP, but I do not remember doing a Dell Backup, but I might have. I know back in February I made a Dell recovery DVD. Question...what is this folder for, and can I safely delete it. 14 Gig is a lot of wasted space if not needed. I also do a backup to an external hard drive using Paragon on a monthly basis. Running Windows 8 on a Dell OptiPlex 9010. Thanks, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripredacus Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 It looks like the file sizes are designed to be put onto CDRs, given the file sizes. Here is another post I found about it: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19495053/20316997.aspx Did you check your task scheduler (or history) to see if there is a Dell backup task in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaclaz Posted April 2, 2014 Share Posted April 2, 2014 (edited) The thread posted by Trip explains it nicely (last post):http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/laptop/f/3518/p/19495053/20316997.aspxI recently purchased a Dell XPS 8700. During the set-up and file transfer process I was badgered from time to time to run the utility that was going to back-up my files, cure my warts, and save the planet! Eventually I gave in, and did as I was told.Later, in preparation for transferring the remaining data files from my old PC, I temporarily moved all the contents of my "Documents" folder into a "Temp" folder. It took far longer than it should have, which prompted me to look for a reason.The answer was that the "Documents" folder now contained a folder named "Profile1" that I knew nothing about... its contents looked almost identical to Patrick's example.A bit of basic detective work (which is about my limit, I ain't no expert!) satisfied me that this was the results of the Dell Rescue Utility. I'm not sure why they are in the "Documents" folder, as I thought I had selected my USB External drive as the destination.It all gets confusder and confusder... I hope this helps to de-confuse someone somewhere!The only non-matching part are the dates (October 2013 vs.February 2014) jaclaz Edited April 2, 2014 by jaclaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13 Posted April 2, 2014 Author Share Posted April 2, 2014 Thanks guys for the replies. Here is what I did. Yesterday I saved that PROFILE1 folder to a flash drive, just in case. Then I deleted it from the computer, which put the folder in the recycle bin. All was good so far. This morning after reading your two posts, I felt comfortable that I could delete the folder from the Recycle bin, so I removed the folder, then rebooted the computer. All seems fine so far, so I guess I am OK. I normally backup the whole computer to an external hard drive using Paragon on a monthly basis . but then I also like to backup , My Documents, My Music, Pictures, and Favorites to a 64 Gig flash drive. Those four folders now fit on the flash drive , now that the Profile1 folder is gone. Thanks, again, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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