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    • [Bug Report] Copying folder - Not enough disk space?
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    Hurri08
    deepin
    2026-06-21 20:37
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    Hi everyone!

    I just installed deepin for the first time and I am quite happy with it so far.

    I just tried to copy all the stuff from my previous installation over and there is a problem with a VMware folder that I am trying to copy. It's around 85GB big and when I try to copy it into my home folder deepin tells me there is not enough disk space available even though there are still over ~700GB of free space available.

    What could be the problem here?

    Thank you very much in advance!

    Best wishes

    Evon3rd

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    G***6@yandex.ru
    deepin
    2026-07-05 01:41
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    G***6@yandex.ru
    deepin
    2026-07-05 01:49
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    Hi Evon3rd,

    The most likely cause is that your root partition / is too small to hold 85 GB of data. Even if your disk shows 700 GB free, that space might be on a different partition (like /persistent or /home).

    Check this with:

    df -h

    Look at the "Available" column for the partition where you're trying to copy the folder.

    If there is enough free space but the error still appears, try copying via terminal:

    cp -r /path/to/your/folder /target/folder/

    This often bypasses the file manager bug in Deepin.

    If the root partition is indeed full, try copying to another partition.

    Hope this helps!

    Best regards,
    Misha

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