Windows 10: Windows 10 - System Drives & File Structure Confusion

Good Afternoon All,

I have 3 questions I would really appreciate any support with.

My PC Bought from a friend a couple of years back is still fantastic but I have issues in my other posts sorry

My questions are:

1. Why do I have several disk spaces C, F and G drive? I think the local C Disk is a flash drive and G and Hard Drive.










2. Why do I still see my friends name Matthew in the file structure, I set my user profile up on the other G drive which may cause issues?:





3. Have I got 2

3. I seem to have 2 installations of Windows on this one one on C drive and one on G drive? I did upgrade it from Windows 7 could be why I have freezing issues?




With regards

JP

:)

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

Windows 10 File and Folder Structure

I want to reorganize the files and file structure on my Surface desktop computer and have several rather disjointed questions. My basic knowledge of file structure is based on the organization of the C drive from DOS. I don't have a typical office/windows
application in some respects, but I could make it work if I understood where things were stored and why. I need to be able to include atypical locations, files and folders in backups. I thought I'd ask some very basic questions, understand the answers and
be able to follow-up with more specific questions. I hope someone can help me through this learning process, please. I am the sole user of this computer and the administrator, although I also have a user account but find it confusing in some situations.

1. Where can I find an example of the original Windows structure - as in a newly installed product? I also have Office 365 so understanding where it fits in the file structure is necessary.

2. Looking at the installed configuration, I saw several folders listed first - documents, downloads, music, pictures. In exploring my C:\ drive, I see a few unnecessary folders and one that says Users. Clicking on Users, I see other folders and have
another folder listed User. Selecting that folder gives me a long list of folders on my C:\ drive including documents, downloads, music, pictures which appear to have different locations from the first level of folders. It is likely I created this confusion
and it does complicate backups and sometimes restores. Furthermore, I don't need all of these levels and it creates more confusion when saving stuff.

3. I have 1TB of internal storage. When I change the default location saving files and move existing files/folders to external drives, my storage space remains the same, dangerously full. How do I get the system to restore the space.

I realize this is confusing - at least to me. Is there a Microsoft book (online or hardcopy) you can suggest for me to understand these issues and how to reorganize my harddrive? I'm an old woman and just need some basic understanding to make this work.
Thanks for any help from anyone!

 

Replacable USB Drive File Structure Distruction

I shutdown a windows 10 system with an external usb hard drive connected. I restart windows 10 with a different usb hard drive connected to the same usb port with a different directory file structure and the directory file structure of the original drive
appears destroying the directory file structure of the new drive. I hve tried this several times with different drives and have the same results.