Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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I deleted 2 folders off my external HDD that totaled over 30gb as I was running out of space.
After deleting them vista still reports only 4gb of free space? 
Any suggestions?
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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XP? 
Slowly developing a dislike for vista myself. Encountered my first two incompatabilities with vista the other night, very annoying.
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jacko198
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Registered: 1st Mar 07
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emptied trash?
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Trash wont be able to hold 30gb
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Dan Lewis
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Registered: 31st Jan 05
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quote:
Originally posted by johnhara1
Trash wont be able to hold 30gb
it can if its config'd to hold that much
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johnhara1
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Registered: 19th Oct 06
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true
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Doug
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Registered: 8th Oct 03
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Yeah I have emptied the trash
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Doug
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Just re-checked it and its finally kicked in. Got 40gb free
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Welsh Dan
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Have you got some software like Norton Undelete? That used to save the files for a while and often led to incorrect space being reported.
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Tim
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Registered: 21st Apr 00
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The default settings for System Restore and Shadow Copies (including previous versions) munch up quite a bit of space. I had 30Gb disappear overnight on my MediaCenter after moving some DVD images around!
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/07/03/vista-reclaim-and-release-disk-space-from-system-restore-and-shadow-copies/
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