On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:19:49 -0500, curious wrote:
> I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on a
> cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
> still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
> Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.
>
> Thanks for your time and my not understanding.
If you've used XP's CD burning feature, there may still be copies of the
pictures in the "staging area" used by this process. See section 2 of this
article for an explanation of staging area:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm
By default the folder is located at:
...\Documents and Settings\<account name>\Local Settings\CD Burning
Change Folder Options> View to show the hidden Local Settings folder and
subfolders. Delete the files from the CD Burning folder (after checking on
CD that they were in fact copied). Press shift when deleting to bypass the
Recycle Bin or remember to empty the Bin later.
--
Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User