Windows 11 Try to copy to external drive but keep get error message No Enough Free Space.

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Djuliman Hartono

I try to copy(backup) the folder from C:\ drive to my external F:\ drive. My external F:\ drive Free Space = 800 GB,I want to copy the folder of about 212 GB (In the local OneDrive directory). Each time I try to copy the folder, it will pop up the error message "There is not enough space on Windows. You need an additional 125 GB to copy these files. Space Free: 87.1GB, Total Size: 450 GB". I notice that the free space 87.1 GB state in the error message is my Operation System Drive. My questions are: 1. Why does the error happen? 2. Why does the folder I want to copy become 450 GB instead

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