I deleted files. Available disk space goes down !

[Roberts]

Why does my available disk space go _down_ after I

1) Uninstalled Norton Ghost
2) Deleted old email from OE and compressed the folders
3) Took everything from My Documents and moved it a zip disk
4) Deleted all cookies and temporary internet files
5) Used "Disk Cleanup"
6) Uninstalled everything I could possible do without from MS Office

All I'm trying to do is get 15% free space on my 6GB hard drive in order to
defrag the fool thing.

^%$&*# !!!!! ?
roberts

 

[Plato]

Why does my available disk space go _down_ after I

Because you didn't empty your recycle bin. Or you have installed nortons
protected recycle bin.

1) Uninstalled Norton Ghost
2) Deleted old email from OE and compressed the folders
3) Took everything from My Documents and moved it a zip disk
4) Deleted all cookies and temporary internet files
5) Used "Disk Cleanup"
6) Uninstalled everything I could possible do without from MS Office

All I'm trying to do is get 15% free space on my 6GB hard drive in order to
defrag the fool thing.

A 6 gig drive is WAY to small for a proper XP PC.

 

[Roberts]

What size would you suggest? Maybe 40GB?

roberts

 

[Plato]

What size would you suggest? Maybe 40GB?

30 at a minimum. Many pcs have a 30/32 gig bios limit. In other words,
if your pc cant do at least a 30gig, then personally, I wouldn't suggest
putting XP on that pc.

 

[Roberts]

oh it'll do at least 80gb. i just happened to have a couple of 6gb drives
lying around & thought i'd use them. btw the norton protected recycle bin
was the culprit.

duh...

roberts

 

[Plato]

oh it'll do at least 80gb. i just happened to have a couple of 6gb drives
lying around & thought i'd use them. btw the norton protected recycle bin
was the culprit.

duh...

Not your fault. The nortons protected recycle bin is NOT recommeded.