recycle problem

kiel367

kiel367

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tried to recycle some data in the bin, but i was also doing a backup of my c:, which before deleting data from another drive was 30 odd gb, when i recycled my data it went up to 120gb, so it should have went back down to the 30gb size when i selected empty recycle bin, but my drive is still saying its 120 odd gb full, i have checked the actual size of my windows install and its 27gb, so somehow i have an extra amount of drive space being used up by nothing, windows 7 just threw a hissy fit i think :p, anyone have any ideas?
 
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tried to recycle some data in the bin, but i was also doing a backup of my c:, which before deleting data from another drive was 30 odd gb, when i recycled my data it went up to 120gb, so it should have went back down to the 30gb size when i selected empty recycle bin, but my drive is still saying its 120 odd gb full, i have checked the actual size of my windows install and its 27gb, so somehow i have an extra amount of drive space being used up by nothing, windows 7 just threw a hissy fit i think :p, anyone have any ideas?
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Cache and use could be a problem. My HDD goes up and down. I normally clear recent restore points if there is any and that clears up most of my used memory and returns it back to factory setting which ends up getting full again over time. Also installed programs (unless they are included in the installed windows). Haven't actually found if they are yet. Also have you got and music, videos and other types of media being saved in different and hidden locations on the computer.

Advanced and unlikely: Viruses. Have you checked for a virus and/or malware? If not perform a check and post back. Also make sure you're using good software to check for the viruses if worst comes to worse and you can't solve it using the first paragraph of information.

No problems, BuZ! :)
 
sorry i think you have misunderstood completely, i deleted data from one drive into the recycle bin, which made the size of my c: go up in used space, tried to empty recycle bin, and it emptied but my used drive disk space is still the same after emptying the recycle bin
 
tried that, ran ccleaner, no joy, heres what im faced with

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all contents of c: only come to 27gb, yet in my computer it shows up as 154gb used
 
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It is saying 154GB free of 183GB. 183-154=29GB used. (The same as the amount shown in the brackets in the properties dialog box).

:)
 
Don't worry about it, I remember when Windows used to work that way, it's only since Vista that it has gone all ass backwards.
 
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