Disk space not de-allocated

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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.
 
turn off the recycle bin

"Oodini" wrote:
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. ...
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rite click recycle bin'and empty norton protected files "Oodini" wrote:
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. ...
Click to expand...
 
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,

"Oodini" wrote:
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. ...
Click to expand...
 
are you running the Norton Protected Recycle Bin? If so, Norton keeps the files "hidden" but still on the drive. right click on the Recycle Bin and select empty Norton Protected files or something close to that...
 
Thanks all for the info about the feature
"Empty Norton protected files".

I am not used to this application.
I installed Norton for other stuff.
I didn't care about the recyble bin...
 
"Oodini" wrote:
KJ a �crit:
turn off the recycle bin

Thanks, but there was a better solution...
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...perhaps for you.

Why force something to be deleted four times? If you turn off the recycle bin, and you can delete when you want to - I don't want to have to make four executions for a task that only needs one or two.
 
Hey Phil... didnt know you read these groups. Havent been to ACHO in a while.. should probably make a visit soon.

NuTs

"Phil Weldon" wrote:

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,

"Oodini" wrote:
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 !! ...
Click to expand...
 
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