Memory issues Google cloud.

[onesea]

I have a lifetimes worth of computer stuff to back up, actually 2 lifetimes as I need to share to family mums stuff...

Step 1   laptop capable of dealing with data (Thank you forum) 

Step 2   I have paid my £££ for 2TB of cloud storage on Google plan had been.

Step 3  
Stick it all on cloud back it up organise, then back back up onto hard drives.

So I have 2TB of cloud storage and am busy transferring onto cloud then I hit a wall...  My laptop memory isn't big enough???

I know that why I thought I was putting it on the cloud!

Advice please simple google search isn't helping..

 

Edited Saturday at 14:19 by onesea

[billysugger]

Try creating compressed files, using winrar or something similar, and reduce  the amount of storage space needed 

[onesea]

2 minutes ago, billysugger said:

Try creating compressed files, using winrar or something similar, and reduce  the amount of storage space needed 

I have ample storage on my Google drive, I don't understand and why is using laptop memory.

 

Transferring from external hard drive to Google drive?  Which I thought was the cloud.

[billysugger]

Google drive is an app,basically for storing small amounts of data, I believe. My drive has 15gb of storage space so I don't bother using it 

[billysugger]

@onesea, you want Google  cloud storage, which is the service you've paid for, if ive read your post correctly 

[Tinkicker]

AI Overview

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To increase Google Drive storage, you can subscribe to Google One for additional storage. This subscription provides more storage across Drive, Gmail, and Photos. Alternatively, you can clean up existing space by deleting unnecessary files and emptying the Trash. 

 

Here's how to upgrade to Google One:

1. Sign in to your Google Account: and go to one.google.com on your computer. 
    
2. Click "Upgrade": on the left side of the screen. 
    
3. Choose your desired storage limit: and review the plan prices and payment date. 
    
4. Click "Next": and then "Subscribe" to confirm your Google One plan. 
    

Here's how to clean up existing space:

• Go to the Storage section in Google Drive . 
   

• Select the large files you want to delete: by clicking on them. 
   

• Click the trash bin icon: or drag the files to the Trash on the left side. 
   

• Empty the Trash: to permanently delete the files and free up space. 
   

Additional tips:

• Use Storage Saver in Google Photos:

  Enabling Storage Saver in Google Photos can reduce photo quality to save space. 

   

• Consider a Google One plan with premium features:

  If you want more than 100GB of storage, Google One offers plans with up to 2TB and access to premium features. 

   

• Purge old files:

  Regularly review and delete outdated or duplicate files to free up storage. 

   

• Delete hidden app data:

  You can free up space by deleting the backup of hidden app data from your Google Drive. 

[Bender]

Google drive and Google cloud are different storage, drive is for personal stuff and ain't that big, the cloud storage should be completely separate and nothing to do with drive, you should have a separate login

 

You should be using Google cloud console to log in to cloud storage 

[onesea]

3 hours ago, Bender said:

Google drive and Google cloud are different storage, drive is for personal stuff and ain't that big, the cloud storage should be completely separate and nothing to do with drive, you should have a separate login

 

You should be using Google cloud console to log in to cloud storage 

 

So it's Google one I have not cloud. 

 

 

@Tinkicker thanks however,  yes I tried Google and AI solutions.

 

They created similar results to yours which doesn't resolve my issue. 

Even though I have over 1TB Spare somewhere .

[Simon Davey]

It's quite possible, maybe even quite likely, that the message is a red-herring/misleading. 

When moving data of any size, that data is moved into memory on the system where it resides, in this case you're laptop, before it's written into the new destination. 

That memory will be RAM and also the page file (pagefile.sys). It could be that you don't have enough space to move very large amounts of data. 

Try emptying the recycle bin first, and also try moving a smaller amount of data at a time. Painful, but may be necessary. 

Edited 15 hours ago by Simon Davey

[onesea]

6 hours ago, Simon Davey said:

It's quite possible, maybe even quite likely, that the message is a red-herring/misleading. 

When moving data of any size, that data is moved into memory on the system where it resides, in this case you're laptop, before it's written into the new destination. 

That memory will be RAM and also the page file (pagefile.sys). It could be that you don't have enough space to move very large amounts of data. 

Try emptying the recycle bin first, and also try moving a smaller amount of data at a time. Painful, but may be necessary. 

Are you hinting I might be an impatient....

That just expected it to happen instantly