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Posted by Johnnyboi on Aug-24-2004 10:30:

Pc acting up!!!

Alrite I installed in sf but I had to clear some HDD space so tht I cud record some mixes of mine. So I decided to delete a few old mp3's of mine tht I wasnt listenin too. I delete em mp3 but wen I chk'd my HDD its still the same.. I deleted a few more mp3 tht I wasnt using and still no diff in HDD space. Im runnin on XP.. anyone know wassup wit this and a solution..

Posted by Puuhis on Aug-24-2004 10:35:

Empty your bin.

Posted by tu_face on Aug-24-2004 11:08:

yep, empty your recycle bin

Posted by Tiger777 on Aug-24-2004 11:13:

Funny

Posted by Johnnyboi on Aug-24-2004 11:31:

I did tht.. I aint tht much of a noob..

Posted by basd on Aug-24-2004 11:32:

If it's not as trivial a problem as emptying your recycle bin, then the problem might be caused by Norton (if you have that installed, that is). I don't know the exact details of the problem, nor of the remedy, but it had something to do with turning off one of the options in you preferences.

But hey, if emptying the bin works, then I've said nothing.

Posted by Johnnyboi on Aug-24-2004 12:32:

yep Ive jus got Norton on..wht option to turn off?

Posted by basd on Aug-24-2004 12:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Johnnyboi
yep Ive jus got Norton on..wht option to turn off?

So it wasn't that everything you deleted was still in your trash can?

Lemme have a look then, I'll get back to you on it. As I said, I haven't experienced it myself, only heard about the problem before. Let's see if I can find the solution again.

Posted by basd on Aug-24-2004 12:44:

It has something to do with the Norton Filesaver Assistant, a tool which lets you recover deleted files easily by just not deleting them when you want to, but only marking them as deleted and keeping them on a separate place on your HD. I suggest you check the options for that Norton tool and see if you can find out what option you need to turn off / adjust (e.g., maybe you can set the maximum available HD space for this tool)..

Once more, I don't have it myself so I can't check it here. But this should help enough, otherwise, Google is just as much your friend as it was mine

And one final remark, this is not the right forum for this question, but whatever.

Posted by DJDREO on Aug-24-2004 14:51:

first of all how many did you delete? If you deleted like 15 and your looking at the circle graph its not gonna move at all.

Posted by Johnnyboi on Aug-24-2004 15:31:

thnx basd got abt 2+ GB cleared .. it was wit Norton..
cheers

Posted by tu_face on Aug-24-2004 15:36:

ah the good ole norton protected recycle bin. what a waste of effort that is! i don't know why they put it there....

Posted by Unknown DJ on Aug-25-2004 00:33:

i never use my recycle bin. i dont see the point. if i want it off my pc then i want it off and i want the space it is taking up for other stuff. recycle bin for me is just like any other folder. so i never use it.

Posted by Unknown DJ on Aug-25-2004 09:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Nou
so you shift-del everything?

>_>

yup.

Posted by Briden on Aug-25-2004 14:35:

yep, me too. I occasionally just use the regular delete (that goes to recycle bin) for smaller text files and shit like that, but for big files, i am deleting them for a reason!

BTW, they STILL aren't really deleted even when you use shift-delete, they can be recovered by certain tools.

Posted by cryo on Aug-25-2004 15:59:

maybe do some disc cleanup?

Posted by tu_face on Aug-25-2004 16:46:

quote:
Originally posted by Briden

BTW, they STILL aren't really deleted even when you use shift-delete, they can be recovered by certain tools.

ironically, norton has a handy tool for deleting things properly in the 'advanced tools' section.