Just Curious

[Bazile]

Just finished a scan on my laptop

It says 1591547 items scanned

Over 1 .5 million items
scanned ?

I'm surprised so many - What are all these items then - can someone give me an example of the things which are scanned

[TonyV]

Think Chris AKA Buenchioco will be your best bet when he is next online.

[andy-hughes]

Chris is the guru!

[ToraToraTora]

windows has thousands of files and it takes snap shots all the time, they also get scanned. Over time every computer gets filled up. Use a file scanner like; https://www.easyduplicatefinder.com/clean-and-remove-duplicate-files.html?tag=adword_edf&crtag=adwords&gclid=Cj0KCQjw6IfoBRCiARIsAF6q06vcPBTmafC2fvOASsDZgohZ7XdBzXGzi6tgyweuunwsydfMsh-_pb4aAvNaEALw_wcB
you can then get detailed stats on your machine.

[TonyV]

Might be useful to say what software you used to scan with and what operating system you are using. e.g. Windows 7.

[ToraToraTora]

also wiztree can help you grasp the enormity of windows profligacy of storage:
https://antibody-software.com/web/software/software/wiztree-finds-the-files-and-folders-using-the-most-disk-space-on-your-hard-drive/