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Hard Drive Space Error - Help!

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Name: ChigerG
Date: January 3, 2004 at 02:45:27 Pacific
OS: Windows XP
CPU/Ram: 805mhz/128SD
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i'm having strange problems with xp and how it read's my D drive free space. i copied files from a cd into d drive and filled it up, i got a warning about free space so i deleted all the files i copied, however, i did not get my hard drive space back. i should have ~2gbs of space after deleting but xp doesn't recognise this, it registers as only 30mb space left...i'm very confused why, any help on how to solve this issue is greatly appreciated




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Response Number 1
Name: Hooner
Date: January 3, 2004 at 02:59:38 Pacific
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Just reformat the drive.


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Response Number 2
Name: tropic
Date: January 3, 2004 at 03:36:43 Pacific
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You might try emptying the recycle bin if you haven't yet.


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Response Number 3
Name: ChigerG
Date: January 3, 2004 at 04:06:10 Pacific
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i'd actually prefer not to format....cause there's heaps of stuff in there i need to keep

the recycling bin is empty already as well...


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Response Number 4
Name: davemeehan
Date: January 3, 2004 at 06:12:02 Pacific
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Have you tried running a Checkdisk on it? There might be some bad sectors taking up space. Also try defragmenting


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Response Number 5
Name: Azarameus
Date: January 17, 2004 at 05:38:35 Pacific
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Are you by any chance running Norton Anti Virus?

If so, go to configuration/advanced tools, and purge the protected files from the recycle bin.


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