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My problem is apparent failure to delete mammoth files, so my 120GB
drive is rapidly filling up.
I’m recording a VHS video to an avi. The app (QuickTV) creates monster
(~8-10 gig) files, uncompressed. I then compress with VirtualDub using
XvidMPEG4 codec, which gets the file down to about 1/6 its former
size, still really big. Then I delete the original uncompressed file.
It’s usually bigger than the Recycle Bin so the system says it will
delete it directly, without filing in the bin. I never had issues with
this sort of operation in the past.
Now I should have about 80 gig of free space on the drive, but my
Properties checker reads only 51. Over 90 were free a couple days ago
before I started this digital recording process. I’ve created 13gig
worth of new files now on the drive. So around 30 gigabytes of
invisible deleted files are still assigned space by Win 2000.
How can I pull these weeds so I free up space? Thanks.
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My problem is apparent failure to delete mammoth files, so my 120GB
drive is rapidly filling up.
I’m recording a VHS video to an avi. The app (QuickTV) creates monster
(~8-10 gig) files, uncompressed. I then compress with VirtualDub using
XvidMPEG4 codec, which gets the file down to about 1/6 its former
size, still really big. Then I delete the original uncompressed file.
It’s usually bigger than the Recycle Bin so the system says it will
delete it directly, without filing in the bin. I never had issues with
this sort of operation in the past.
Now I should have about 80 gig of free space on the drive, but my
Properties checker reads only 51. Over 90 were free a couple days ago
before I started this digital recording process. I’ve created 13gig
worth of new files now on the drive. So around 30 gigabytes of
invisible deleted files are still assigned space by Win 2000.
How can I pull these weeds so I free up space? Thanks.
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