Re: Disk Cleanup does not recognize my D Drive


"syoung99" <syoung99@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Disk Cleanup works fine on my C Drive, no problems. But when I try my D
> Drive, it shows zeros for every item, with nothing to clean up. I use my
D
> Drive everyday, and know there should be something there. I have only C
and
> D logical drives.
>
> Could someone tell me how to fix this? Thank you in advance for your
help.
What kind of device is your D drive?
I see that type of response from CDs and DVDs but never hard drives.
Jim


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