Deleting files in Vista

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Simon Dean

Anybody got any idea what's going on here?

Disk Space: 126 Gig Free

Delete a 3 Gig File

Disk Space: 126 Gig Free

It seems not to be reallocating the space used by deleted files as free
space.

Erm, any thoughts?

Additionally, if I highlight 2 or more files, ie, in this stances 3 .img
files and 3 .mpg files, right click, and choose delete, it looks like it
deletes them all, then the 3 mpg's reappear. I then highlight those 3
mpgs and delete them again, but the Free Space is never returned.

Cya
Simon
 
Anybody got any idea what's going on here?

Disk Space: 126 Gig Free

Delete a 3 Gig File

Disk Space: 126 Gig Free

It seems not to be reallocating the space used by deleted files as free
space.

Erm, any thoughts?

Additionally, if I highlight 2 or more files, ie, in this stances 3 .img
files and 3 .mpg files, right click, and choose delete, it looks like it
deletes them all, then the 3 mpg's reappear. I then highlight those 3
mpgs and delete them again, but the Free Space is never returned.

Cya
Simon
Click to expand...

Whe you delete the file, it (by default) goes to the Recycle Bin. The
space is not released.

Try deleting it from there, and see if you get a reported increase in
available disk space.

As to your observations with .img and .mpg files, I don't have a clue
what is going on there.
 
Jay said:
Whe you delete the file, it (by default) goes to the Recycle Bin. The
space is not released.
Click to expand...

Sorry, should have said, Im holding down the "shift" key to prevent it
from going to the recycle bin. So there's nothing there...
Try deleting it from there, and see if you get a reported increase in
available disk space.
Click to expand...

In light of the above, there's nothing there.
As to your observations with .img and .mpg files, I don't have a clue
what is going on there.
Click to expand...

Let's focus on the missing free space then.

If I go and try to do a disk cleanup, there is nothing in the list that
is reportedly of my three meg. Recycle Bin is empty, everything else is
a few meg at best.

Cya
Simon
 
Maybe...

Google the new feature called Transactional NTFS. Maybe Vista is keeping a
shadow copy of some deleted file types.

Disclaimer...I've no experience with this feature, only read about it in a
Vista book...the book seems to imply this is a super-recycle bin.

-John O
 
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