157G Is this right?

my 250G c drive was suddenly showing as full
On investigation
blockchain_v1_mainnet.sqlite is taking 157G of space???

Surely this isnt right?

Any one any help please…

and just found another 11G
blockchain_wallet_v1_mainnet_4

This is correct, but you can upgrade to V2 database which is like half that size (from Chia version 1.3 and above)

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Thanks for the reply…

I am on 1.4 but havent synced yet… had system off line for 3 weeks…

I wonder if this will change when synced

It won’t go to v2 by itself. You have to upgrade it yourself. Below is a link to the methods to do so.

https://spacefarmers.io/wiki/guides/farming/upgradedb?s[]=db&s[]=upgrade

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Thanks for this wolfGT

One slight problem…
I dont use CLI …

Questions

  1. is the problem that my c drive at 250G is now just too small?
  2. What would happen if I did a program uninstall in windows… Then re-installed Chia from scratch with the memonics…
    3 Would this risk loosing my 2 chia?
    4 Would I just have the same problem i.e. too small a c drive??? or would this load the v2 by default.??
  1. is the problem that my c drive at 250G is now just too small?

Yes & if not now with v2, it probably will be again in the future

  1. What would happen if I did a program uninstall in windows… Then re-installed Chia from scratch with the memonics…

Reinstalling from scratch would mean a complete re-sync which will take days.

3 Would this risk loosing my 2 chia?
You won’t lose you Chia balance so long as you have mnemonic

4 Would I just have the same problem i.e. too small a c drive??? or would this load the v2 by default.??

Overall strongly recommend using the CLI - very straightforward

You will ultimately need a bigger drive or at least store the dB on a bigger drive going forward

Well, do it anyway. Even if you only normally use the GUI, the CLI commands are still there for you to use. The command to do this are very simple and the process is clearly documented for you. Besides reloading completely and re-syncing (bad option), this is what you got.

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