On Fri, Sep 04, 2020 at 02:47:38PM -0500, golinux@??? wrote:
>
> A few posts after yours Hendrik suggested checking the lost and found
> directory and in it I found 57 folders and 15798 other items totaling 16.6
> GB. They are mostly edits from audacity (.au) and avidemux (in C). Also some
> wav and mp3 and graphics stuff too. I couldn't find the associated mpgs or
> isos and there seems to be some other things missing here and there.
>
> Everything in the lost and found can be deleted. Maybe if I do it in small
> chunks, it won't explode. LOL!

Delete the contents all you want, but keep the lost and found directory.

-- hendrik