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Deleted file and space didnt come back
Name: Matt Syska Date: March 11, 2002 at 19:49:58 Pacific
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I have a 40gb Hard drive. Almost filled. I had file that was 13.3gb on my desktop. I deleted it and it said that it was to big for the recycle bin. So i perm deleted it. After deleting this i still only has 2gb free. I searched and searched and have no clue where it went. Also when i highlight all the folder and files on the drive, it says that its only 19gb. So wut happened to the rest of the space?
Name: D@ve Date: March 11, 2002 at 20:04:49 Pacific
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Run scandisk, then do a defrag. That might fix it, but not sure.
You had a 13GB file ? One file ?
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Response Number 2
Name: princecorum Date: March 11, 2002 at 22:48:49 Pacific
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sounds more like you have gotten rid of a drive, go:right click my computer/manage/disk management: see if you can see all your drives and what the status is
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Response Number 3
Name: XPose Date: March 12, 2002 at 03:22:29 Pacific
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'Twas a 'Please send money' letter to mum
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Response Number 4
Name: mini Date: March 12, 2002 at 03:43:02 Pacific
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Sometimes you need to restart before windows see's what the size free actually is. Check that it has not gone in your reclying bin. Delete a small file just so you have something in the recycling bin and then empty it.
Dude - what in the world did you have in that file that was 13 gig (home made porn ?)
Do a search on your computer for filesize greater than 10 gig to see if Windows moved it somewhere for fun instead of deleting it.
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