Re: Can't delete obsolete back-up files.

Nightowl wrote: 
windsurferLA wrote on Tue, 30 Aug 2005:

When I seek to delete the contents of the RECYCLER, it contains a file named:
"1-5-21-1085031214-1715567821-725345543-1003,"
the machine says file can't be deleted because it is in use. I don't know what file could be using it. Norton Ghost is closed. (I even closed Norton Ghost using the Cntrl-Alt-Del menu options.) 


Hi windsurferLA

The folder (not file) with the long name in \Recycler is your Recycle Bin; the long chain of numbers is your Security Identifier. It is in use because you are logged in. Try deleting the contents through emptying the Recycle Bin on your main drive. You might want to turn off the Bin(s) on your backup drive (you will probably have one for each partition), or at least drastically reduce the amount of space you allow it.

Thus 4 GBytes of the 80 GBytes allocated for system back-up seem to be locked up in the RECYLER. Another 36 GB seem to be locked up somewhere else in an unknown location, leaving only 40 GBytes for system backUp. There is a folder "System Volume Information," in the back-up partition, but the system will not let me look into that folder to see size of contents.


System Volume Information is the parent folder of where your Restore Points live. It's a hidden and system folder, but if you have administrator rights you should be able to look at it. Again you might want to think about how much room you allow for restore, or whether you want it at all on your backup drive.

Hope this helps

Thanks for info. I now see that I must use Norton Protected Recycle Bin Empty that is on my Desk Top to emply recycler on my F:\ drive.

How do I turn off the Recycler Bin on my F:\ drive? I could not find the option.

I think I have restore turned OFF on my F:\ drive, so how much room I allow for restore is not an issue. At least on the Restore menu, I turned of monitoring of the F:\ drive.

IMPORTANT QUESTION - you said the "long chain of numbers is your Security Identifier". Have I compromised the security of my computer by posting it on this Newsgroup? What is my "Security Identifier." Can it be changed? Keep in mind that I'm "on line" most of the time, although network router is set up to limit network access to only those computers whose MAC addresses have been enterred into router memory.
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