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1  Other / Beginners & Help / I made a big Mistake on: September 06, 2019, 10:06:27 PM
I'm not just a noobie, but a real beginner. I keep hearing about this new thing called Bitcoin. So last night, I downloaded the bitcoin core software and install it. My BIG mistake was in not knowing which of the two partitions on my computer was big enough to hold the 250 odd gigs of data that was going to download to my computer. I did read the warning that said my c: drive wasn't big enough but I kinda glossed over it.

Today, I received an error message saying, again, that the data had filled my c: drive to capacity but there was around 2 years worth of data that still needed to download to be up to date.

So, after checking my drives, there are two, c: and d: I found where I had screwed up and tried to fix it. I uninstalled bitcoin core from my c: drive and installed instead on my d: drive.

Now, the problem; when the blockchains restarted downloading it restarted at the place where it left off.

I don't know where the blockchains are on my c: drive and I don't know how to find them. I also think it's likely that another set of blockchains might have been downloaded to my d: drive. My c: drive is now full to overflowing with data I can't find.

Am just the dumbest sumbtch or is there anybody that can help me untangle this twisted up ball of twine?

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