Deleted files still living on my hard drive

[stallion-man]

Over the past eight months that I've been using Vista, I've downloaded many
mp3's and video files. When I no longer need them I put them in the Recycle
Bin and delete them. However, a recent search for files ending with those
extensions (.avi, .mp3, .mpg, etc.) revealed that a large number of those
files that I thought were deleted are, in fact, still on my hard drive and
are impossible to delete again because "that folder or file no longer
exists." How do I get this useless data off of my computer?!

 

[John Lee Brown]

Over the past eight months that I've been using Vista, I've downloaded
many
mp3's and video files. When I no longer need them I put them in the
Recycle
Bin and delete them. However, a recent search for files ending with
those
extensions (.avi, .mp3, .mpg, etc.) revealed that a large number of
those
files that I thought were deleted are, in fact, still on my hard drive
and
are impossible to delete again because "that folder or file no longer
exists." How do I get this useless data off of my computer?!

You have two options - allow the index to update itself, or force an
index rebuild:

- Click Start
- Click "Control Panel"
- Click "System and Maintenance"
- Click "Indexing Options"
- Click "Advanced". (You will need to respond to a UAC prompt)
- Click "Rebuild" then "OK". Depending on the size of your hard disk,
and how many files will be index, this can take anything from a few
minutes to several hours to complete. Best leave it overnight when
you're not using the computer.
- When Index Options once again shows "Indexing Complete", click
"Close"That will remove the "phantom" files in your search results.


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Go to http://www.fileshredder.org/fileshredder-help.php and download
fileshredder, it has the option to delete empty space on the hard drive.

 

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