Q: I need assist saving my photos. I have an Android telephone that uploads pix from the cellphone to my Google Photos account. I haven’t been able to transfer photos immediately from my phone to my pc (number one storage site), so the best way I can get them is to download them from the Google account to my pc. After I do that, I need to delete them however I’m afraid if I delete them from the Google Photos account, I’ll delete them everywhere. I do again up pix to my Dropbox account. I haven’t been capable of discover an answer in Google Photos assist.

— Marty Byrne

A: If you delete pics in your Google Photos account they may be deleted not only from that folder but additionally from any gadgets that you’re syncing with and from places shared within Google Photos. If you’ve backed up those pictures you may still retrieve them for 60 days.

To replica or circulate pics out of your Android smartphone on your pc just connect the two the use of a USB cable. The phone will automatically show up in File Explorer, though its contents won’t appear till you log into your smartphone. After that you could get entry to the folder in your cellphone wherein your images are saved. Select the pictures you need to transport or replica to the laptop and then right-click on one and drag the photos to the folder on the pc in which you want them to go. When you release the mouse button you may select whether to have them moved or copied.

Q: Per your recommendation I accompanied your commands to move the Windows paging record from my SSD force to an to be had SATA drive. After shutting down and restarting, it looks as if the lively paging document is now on the SATA pressure. But I nonetheless see a paging record on the SSD drive, and once I try and delete it, I get a message that I can't because it is nonetheless in use. How do I continue to reclaim that space?

— Walt Chrush, Edmonds

A: Actually, if that page report isn’t getting used it shouldn’t be taking up sizeable space.

If you however want to cast off it, you want to launch File Explorer as an administrator to delete it. To do this navigate to C:Windows and find Explorer.Exe. Right-click on on it after which click on “Run as administrator.” Then you should be able to navigate to Pagefile.Sys and delete it.

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Q: Where do copies of my printer come from? Under the Device and Printers application inside the Control Panel I have the Epson ET-2760, an Epson ET-2760 Network (I’m assuming that’s the wi-fi). But I also have Epson ET-2760 Copy 2 and Copy three. As a ways as I know I didn’t ass more than one copies so I’m simply curious why they are listed.

— Kevin Howard

A: I’ve been there. Sometimes when the computer can’t speak with the printer the handiest way to get matters transferring once more is to reinstall the printer. But in case you install printer drivers again without disposing of the printer from Devices and Printers the ones copies will show up. That’s the most effective explanation I realize of for there being a couple of copies.

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