Had 23 gigs of room on my HD. Deleted a 28 gig folder. STILL have only 23 gigs of space left.

Question

1. i had 23 gigs of space left on my 150 gig drive.

2. i copied a 28 gig folder to my ipod for storage(used the send command)

3. deleted the 28 gig folder from my 150 gig drive.

4. i STILL have only 23 gigs of room on my drive.

I emptied recycle(it was too big to go there anyway) I de-fragged i ran C-cleaner and i rebooted.

I still have only 23 gigs of space..same as before i deleted the 28 gig file. ( i should now have around 50 gigs,eh?)

Use small words and no dang acronyms dangnabbit.

Thank you brains of the yahoo crew!

Answer 1

get a new computer (not really).

I don't know.

I'd have to check out the computer.

I'm kinda bored.

Answer 2

Sounds like System Restore may be holding those files to be saved the next time it creates a restore point.  Here's how to force its hand

In Windows XP:

First, we'll force System Restore to write out the current checkpoint, then one more so it can get rid of that first checkpoint. NOTE:  This process will clear out all your restore points except the latest.

1. Click the Start->Control Panel menu item.

2. Click the Performance and Maintenance item.

3. Under See Also, click System Restore.

4. Click Create A Restore Point.

5. In the text box, enter Flush Point 1.

6. Click the Create button.

7. When the process finishes, click the Home button.

8. Repeat steps 4-6, but name the restore point Flush Point 2.

9. Click the Close button.

Now to do the real cleanup:

1. Click Start->Control Panel

2. Click Performance and Maintenance.

3. Click Free Space on Your Hard Disk  

4. A little dialog box should come up.  Set the drive and click OK.  

5. The machine will start scanning.  When the scan stops and another dialog box labeled “Disk Cleanup for . . . . .” comes up, click on the More Options tab.

6. In the System Restore section, click the Clean up button.

7. While you’re here, go back to the Disk Cleanup tab and select Temporary Internet Files and Downloaded Program Files.  Office Setup Files can also get a lot back, but it will slow down reinstalling anything from Office.  

8. Click OK.

9. You’re done.

Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Well, That Is Strange.

As FYI Guy Suggested, Check To Be Sure The Folder Is Gone.

If It Is Gone:

Windows Doesn't Agree With You.  OK. Now What?

In The Folders Option In Control Panel UnCheck The Hide System Files Option And Recheck To See If Anything Turns Up That Might Account For The Space You Think You Should Have Gotten Back.

System Restore May Have Been Waiting For Enough Free Space That It Could Do A Full Checkpoint.  Unlikely, But Possible.

Try Turning System Restore Off.  You'll Lose All Restore Points But Might Regain Your Space.  Your Call On That.

Windows "thinks" The Space Is Still Occupied.

Open A Command Prompt, Type In:

chkdsk /r

If It Says It Can't Do Now, Type:

y

And Let It Do It's Job At The Next Reboot/Restart.

This Will Take A While.  Maybe An Hour Or More...zzzz.  While This Is A Pain In The ...   It's Worth It.  It Will Report What It Finds And Corrects But It Will Flash By Too Quick To Read.

You Can Find The Details In Event Viewer, Application Log, With An Entry Called Winlogin.  Find That Entry And You Can See All Of What Check Disk (chkdsk) Did.

If That Didn't Work-

Find Out Who Made Your Disk And Get The Disk Checking Utility From The Manufacturer.

In The Run Box Type:

msinfo32

When That Comes Up, In The Column System Summary, hit The Plus Next To Components And Under That, Disks.

Windows Will List All The Disks, Locate The One That Is The Problem, Click To Highlight, Then Control And C To Copy.  Paste It In Notepad ( So You Don't Lose It For A Search) Or Paste Into Google, Do The Search And You Should Be Able To Figure Out Who Made Your Disk.

Go There, Get The Checker, Burn it To CD Or Whatever And Run It.

If The Checker Says Your Disk Is Bad, Get An External Hard Drive (320 GB About 100$) To Backup Your Stuff And Get A New Hard Drive.

If The Checker Says Your disk Is OK, Then Your Operating System Is Whacked.

It May Be From A Virus, Malware Or Spyware.  You Can Get Highjackthis And Post Logs At A Number Of Places And They May Be Able To Help.  Usually They Can.

Or-

You're Clean.

Then You're System IS Whacked.  Sorry.  Get The External Hard Drive, Backup Everything You Can, Documents, Mail, Any Program Installers - Whatever.

Reformat And Reinstall.

Sorry This Has Been Long. Hope I Didn't Use Too Many Big Words And Hope You Get This Fixed.

Best Of Luck.

Answer 4

Ok first you did not mention if you checked to see if those files were actually still there. If they are the same files in the same location then you need to check the properties of these files and make sure they are not 'read only' files. Check the 'archive' box. This will allow them to be written over.

Then when you go to delete them hold down the 'shift' key when you highlight the delete menu option. This will by pass the recycle bin and delete in one step. You will not be able to restore them after this.

Try to delete them in smaller chunks. If there is a file that is causing your action to be aborted you will be able to narrow down which file might  be causing you a headache.

Try the move option when you copy it to the ipod which should remove it from the source.

These are just a few things to check and try. if they do not work send a message and can look into other options.