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  1. Mar 7th, 2004, 02:50 AM #1
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    Free space isn't reclaimed ?[Resolved]

    I kept getting that nasty popup message that's telling me I have to free some space on H: partition . I did delete around 700mb . I checked free space size and it's still the same (45mb) . I ran that cleaning tool . still the same . I defragmented , and still the same , lastly I restarted and check again , oh f-uck it's still the same . . It's driving me crazy . What more can I do ?
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  2. Mar 7th, 2004, 06:35 PM #2
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    Do you maybe have norton to protect your recycle bin?


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  3. Mar 7th, 2004, 07:14 PM #3
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    Make sure the recycled directory, usually located at root is not protected, IE Read-only or locked by some directory locking app.

    I've noticed a bug with Recycle Bin where shared or virtual drives that have been focus'd through a third party app can sometimes slip through the net.
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    It jumped now from 45mb to 1.2 gb ... . Big change , after deleting like 400 mb . Yes , I have Norton and I believe it's protecting my recycle bin on the C: partition only .
    I don't trust XP on this thing . Do you think the reg save previous values and with some magic it retrieves this when quering free space ?
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  6. Mar 7th, 2004, 08:16 PM #5
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    I don't know about that. i just remember that I had that "problem" with Norton. I was deleting stuff to make space and I couldn't see any change! So you might want to make sure it isn't protecting the files of that drive.


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  7. Mar 8th, 2004, 07:14 PM #6
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    It's hell weird ! .

    Thanks everyone .
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  8. Mar 11th, 2004, 04:25 AM #7
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    aha , Norton is eating up some space for recovering deleted files . If anyone stuck on this , it's easy you can do this to set the size for Norton Protection :

    Right click Recycle Bin ----->Norton Protection -----> Drive Usage , then set the values .
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  9. Mar 11th, 2004, 04:37 AM #8
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    Heh... Norton's causing the problem? Thats a surprise!
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  11. Mar 11th, 2004, 04:44 AM #9
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    Originally posted by VisionIT
    Heh... Norton's causing the problem? Thats a surprise!
    Acutally it's not problem as it's more inconvenient for me . . It was saving 10% of each partition free space .This 10% sometimes equals to 5.5 gb . Now I have about 6gb free space (it was only 45mb ) ..........
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