Re: Disk space not de-allocated

Hey Phil... didnt know you read these groups. Havent been to ACHO in a
while.. should probably make a visit soon.

NuTs


"Phil Weldon" <pweldon@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:bdftf1$sf8$1@slb3.atl.mindspring.net...
> That's a feature, not a problem. It allows the recovery of delete files
> until the recycle bin fills up (the size of the recycle bin is selectable)
> or you empty the recycle bin. There really is no performance hit other
than
> the need to defragment more often (because the drive will have somewhat
less
> free space.) The space is always available, so you really haven't lost
any
> capacity, and you really would not want the disk space occupied by the
> original file fully deleted until the new version is completely stored.
>
> Phil Weldon, pweldon@mindspring.com
>
> "Oodini" <svdbg@free.fr> wrote in message news:3EFB1BE0.2060507@free.fr...
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've got a big problem on two of my IDE disks (on the same PC).
> >
> > When I remove a file/folder from a disk, the space isn't freed.
> > And when I put back the file/folder, it takes additionnal disk space !!
> >
> > Norton Disk Doctor doesn't find any problem... :-(
> >
> > My motherboard is an Abit KT7A-RAID (I don't use RAID controler).
> > I suspect one of the IDE controler...
> > My system is on Winoows 2000 SP3.
> >
> > But how can I recover the space ???
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
>
>