Incorrect Free Space on Hard Drive

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My system is XP Home edition. I recently deleted a 17 GB video AVI file from
a very full 40 GB hard drive. The file is gone, but the available space on
the drive did not increase.

What can I do to correct this problem.

Thanks

Boog

 

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Boog wrote:

> My system is XP Home edition. I recently deleted a 17 GB video AVI file from
> a very full 40 GB hard drive. The file is gone, but the available space on
> the drive did not increase.
>
> What can I do to correct this problem.
>
> Thanks
>
> Boog

Empty the TRASH !!!

also Skedule a Scann of the Drive to correct ERRORS

 

[Omni]

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Boog Wrote:
> My system is XP Home edition. I recently deleted a 17 GB video AVI file
> from
> a very full 40 GB hard drive. The file is gone, but the available
> space on
> the drive did not increase.
>
> What can I do to correct this problem.
>
> Thanks
>
> Boog
Did you defragment your drive? Whenever you add or delete large files,
your HD may get fragmented, you could check it out.


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omni

 

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With files sizes getting so huge nowadays, its really important to clean
up trash, unistall programs that arent used and defragment regularly.


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