Re: less available space after deleting files...

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yeah i've tried all that and nothing.but thanks. oh and i don't use norton.

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

You need to look at the other suggestions I made.

Do you use Norton products?

Try Start, All Programmes, Accessories, System Tools, Disk CleanUp to
Empty your Recycle Bin and Remove Temporary Internet Files. Delete all
but the most recent Restore Point ( Start, Programs, Accessories, System
Tools, Disk Cleanup, More options). How much free space do you gain?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

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"mel" <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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yep tried that. nothing

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Mel

An additional 3 gb used space when you are expecting a reduction is
quite a turnaround.

The normal way to get drive sizes is to right click on your C drive in
Windows Explorer and select Properties.

Have you tried ascertaining one of the file names on the CD and then
searching your C drive for that file?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

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"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Mel

Are you using any Norton utilities?

FileSize -a useful tool for use with Windows Explorer when
investigating
how
disk space is being used.
http://markd.mvps.org/

The download link is not obvious. Click the here in the two sentences
of
the
web page accessed through the link above. "I can't count the number of
times
someone has asked for this. So here is a module you can install that
shows
a
Folder Size column in Explorer."

How large is your hard drive? I am wondering what a 10% incease in
used space represents?

Note the Search option in Windows Explorer to search for files over 1
mb.
You sort the result in order of size by clecking on size over the list
of
files.

In Windows Explorer make sure View, Details is selected and then select
View, Choose Details and check before Name, Type, Total Size, and
Free Space.

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"mel" <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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i have my computer on the show hidden files setting, i've cleaned up
system
restore and turned of hibernation, uninstalled unnecessary
applications.

i also empty the recycle bin and i don't know if my computer places a
backup
on my hard drive. i usually just copy the files to cd then it starts
the
burn
or i'll use windows media player burn function. i just downloaded the
cleaner
i'll see if it will help and i'll probably try out the other websites.
thanks
for the response. further suggestions would be much appreciated.

"Gerry Cornell" wrote:

Mel

Did you empty your Recycle Bin?

When you burn CD's does your software place a back up copy
on your hard drive? What programme did you use to burn the CD's?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
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"mel" <mel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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so i downloaded these files to my computer and at that point i had
about
84%
free space available and to ensure that my computer doen't run to
slowly i
burned these files (video) to cd and deleted them, did a disc
cleanup
and
a
disc defragmenting but in the end i stil now have 74% free space
available.
where did i go wrong? isn't deleting files supposed to ensure you
have
more
available disc space. how to i get my free space back?












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