Deleting Big Files

[Guest]

I have been working on several large video files (.avi) and now, having
edited them and burned the DVD's I deleted the source .avi files ( together
totallin around 30GB). The process of deleting them was a long one and
several times even right clicking on the files caused a hang. In the event
I moved each of them to trash can but several gave a message that they were
too big to be recovered and questioning whether I did want to delete them - I
did. This stage actually went faster than I believe. Afterwards however,
the C: drive, when viewed in my computer shows very little change in the free
space and only about an improvement of 8-10GB which is about the total of the
two smaller files (each around +/- 4GB) that did not give the warning message
about not recovery.

I have rebooted several times, I do not run Norton protected trash can, I
have emptied the trash can, I have terminated explorer and anything else that
I believe could have a handle on the files, I have tried just about
everything I can to get the space back that should have been freed up when I
deleted those files.

I'd be grateful for any help or ideas as to what has gone wrong and what to
do.

Thanks

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

Did you try a defrag?

|I have been working on several large video files (.avi) and now, having
| edited them and burned the DVD's I deleted the source .avi files (
together
| totallin around 30GB). The process of deleting them was a long one and
| several times even right clicking on the files caused a hang. In the
event
| I moved each of them to trash can but several gave a message that they
were
| too big to be recovered and questioning whether I did want to delete
them - I
| did. This stage actually went faster than I believe. Afterwards
however,
| the C: drive, when viewed in my computer shows very little change in the
free
| space and only about an improvement of 8-10GB which is about the total of
the
| two smaller files (each around +/- 4GB) that did not give the warning
message
| about not recovery.
|
| I have rebooted several times, I do not run Norton protected trash can, I
| have emptied the trash can, I have terminated explorer and anything else
that
| I believe could have a handle on the files, I have tried just about
| everything I can to get the space back that should have been freed up when
I
| deleted those files.
|
| I'd be grateful for any help or ideas as to what has gone wrong and what
to
| do.
|
| Thanks

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Yes I tried a defrag and also a CHKDSK but neither had any visible impact

 

[Gerry]

When you burn DVD's does your programme make backup copies on your hard
drive before completing the operation you have set it to do?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Hi,

Yes I tried a defrag and also a CHKDSK but neither had any visible
impact on the available space.

Did you try a defrag?

I have been working on several large video files (.avi) and now,
having edited them and burned the DVD's I deleted the source .avi
files ( together totallin around 30GB). The process of deleting
them was a long one and several times even right clicking on the
files caused a hang. In the event I moved each of them to trash
can but several gave a message that they were too big to be
recovered and questioning whether I did want to delete them - I
did. This stage actually went faster than I believe. Afterwards
however, the C: drive, when viewed in my computer shows very little
change in the free space and only about an improvement of 8-10GB
which is about the total of the two smaller files (each around +/-
4GB) that did not give the warning message about not recovery.

I have rebooted several times, I do not run Norton protected trash
can, I have emptied the trash can, I have terminated explorer and
anything else that I believe could have a handle on the files, I
have tried just about everything I can to get the space back that
should have been freed up when I deleted those files.

I'd be grateful for any help or ideas as to what has gone wrong and
what to do.

Thanks