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mikgaes

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    Harddrive full? Why?
    « on: April 22, 2009, 01:48:24 PM »
    I was unsure exactly where to post this.  When I go to defragment my C-drive it says the disk is 98% full.  Because of this I recently moved all photos, music, and what little video I had to an external drive.  The problem remained the same: 98% full.  What's up with that?  I don't have that much 'stuff' on the computer. 

    Did a virus or worm put a lot of junk onto my computer?  How do I examine what is there and fix the problem?
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      Re: Harddrive full? Why?
      « Reply #1 on: April 22, 2009, 02:39:38 PM »
      did you delete it then once moved?  its not going to get rid of its self or empted the recylce bin.
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      Re: Harddrive full? Why?
      « Reply #2 on: April 22, 2009, 02:52:08 PM »
      Quote from: squall_01 on April 22, 2009, 02:39:38 PM
      did you delete it then once moved?  its not going to get rid of its self or empted the recylce bin.
      Even then it's not deleted. Disks can't really empty out...it just doesn't work that way. When something get's deleted, it doesn't magically poof off your hard drive. Where it goes is a lot like solitary confinement. It basically get's moved to a place where nothing can access it...including itself. It stays there untill it get's written over by something else.
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        Re: Harddrive full? Why?
        « Reply #3 on: April 22, 2009, 02:53:38 PM »
        I know but it shows space is empty.  In case of a restore this is done isnt it?
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        Re: Harddrive full? Why?
        « Reply #4 on: April 22, 2009, 04:06:53 PM »
        He may have copied the files instead of moving them...
        He may also be infected...
        Until they return with more info we may never know.
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        Re: Harddrive full? Why?
        « Reply #5 on: April 22, 2009, 04:15:15 PM »
        After you deleted those files, have you gone to Recycle bin and chose"empty recycle bin".
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          Re: Harddrive full? Why?
          « Reply #6 on: April 22, 2009, 04:47:14 PM »
          Quote from: dr_iton on April 22, 2009, 04:15:15 PM
          After you deleted those files, have you gone to Recycle bin and chose"empty recycle bin".
          Cheers.

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            Re: Harddrive full? Why?
            « Reply #7 on: April 22, 2009, 04:57:31 PM »
            I said that already
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            Re: Harddrive full? Why?
            « Reply #8 on: April 22, 2009, 05:43:01 PM »
            I would like to remind you that:

            Quote from: Helpmeh on April 22, 2009, 02:52:08 PM
            Even then it's not deleted. Disks can't really empty out...it just doesn't work that way. When something get's deleted, it doesn't magically poof off your hard drive. Where it goes is a lot like solitary confinement. It basically get's moved to a place where nothing can access it...including itself. It stays there untill it get's written over by something else.
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            Re: Harddrive full? Why?
            « Reply #9 on: April 22, 2009, 05:46:04 PM »
            Perhaps the drive is filled with restore points.  I seem to remember someone else on the forum gained back a lot of disk space by removing several saved restore points which were unneeded.
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            Re: Harddrive full? Why?
            « Reply #10 on: April 22, 2009, 06:23:50 PM »
            Drive size ?
            Full space ?
            Windows version?

            What protection apps do you have ?
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            Re: Harddrive full? Why?
            « Reply #11 on: April 22, 2009, 06:40:55 PM »
            Quote from: Aegis on April 22, 2009, 05:46:04 PM
            Perhaps the drive is filled with restore points.  I seem to remember someone else on the forum gained back a lot of disk space by removing several saved restore points which were unneeded.
            That might do it...
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              Re: Harddrive full? Why?
              « Reply #12 on: April 22, 2009, 06:56:47 PM »
              It will vary on how old an such
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              Re: Harddrive full? Why?
              « Reply #13 on: April 22, 2009, 07:09:56 PM »
              Quote from: squall_01 on April 22, 2009, 06:56:47 PM
              It will vary on how old an such
              True.
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                Re: Harddrive full? Why?
                « Reply #14 on: April 22, 2009, 07:10:19 PM »
                Quote from: Aegis on April 22, 2009, 05:46:04 PM
                Perhaps the drive is filled with restore points.  I seem to remember someone else on the forum gained back a lot of disk space by removing several saved restore points which were unneeded.

                That might be it!  I probably have several restore points.  How do I go about checking into that and rectifying it?
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