so far I think I have 2 copies of each files. Long story short I'm not sure what I'm doing but I definitely don't want to lose data. I'd like to use my win7 rig as a backup/media server.woah! you're really running low on disk space there 0.0
so you have two backup sets?
how many copies of each file do you have and how long do you keep them for?
do your media files change periodically? i wouldn't think so besides you adding new files.
please explain your backup process.
having two backup sets is ok as long as they're not in the same place; think disaster recovery.
rt click on the drive, go to properties and check Compress drive to save disk space.