Lost disk space? nexsilly[ at ]googlemail.com 6/8/2007 3:23:15 AM Hi folks, I just had a strange experience, running Windows XP Pro x64.. I tried to delete a file from my hard disk, which was 800mb big. When I deleted it, the file was gone, but I didn't get the space back. I have updated the motherboard's SATA drivers and also run CHKDSK /F. CHKDSK /F did fix some faults but I can still create files "for free" or delete them and gain nothing. Also there seems to be no way for me to get my 800mb back. Does anyone know what I can do about this? Mark

Re: Lost disk space? "Charlie Russel - MVP" <charlie[ at ]mvKILLALLSPAMMERSps.org> 6/8/2007 4:36:36 AM There's more than one way this can happen, but the most common is that it's sitting in your Recycle Bin. Emptying that should recover some space. Also, to be clear - there is nothing normal about chkdsk /f finding and fixing errors. If chkdsk is seeing errors, you have problems and you need to identify the source of those problems ASAP. -- Charlie. http://msmvps.com/xperts64 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel <nexsilly[ at ]googlemail.com> wrote in message news:1181272995.745727.314580[ at ]q69g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi folks, > > I just had a strange experience, running Windows XP Pro x64.. > > I tried to delete a file from my hard disk, which was 800mb big. When > I deleted it, the file was gone, but I didn't get the space back. > > I have updated the motherboard's SATA drivers and also run CHKDSK /F. > CHKDSK /F did fix some faults but I can still create files "for free" > or delete them and gain nothing. Also there seems to be no way for me > to get my 800mb back. > > Does anyone know what I can do about this? > > Mark >

Re: Lost disk space? Jud Hendrix <none[ at ]none.com> 6/10/2007 3:49:01 PM On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:23:15 -0700, nexsilly[ at ]googlemail.com wrote: [Quoted Text] >I tried to delete a file from my hard disk, which was 800mb big. When >I deleted it, the file was gone, but I didn't get the space back. You emptied your Recyle Bin, did you? :-D All kidding aside, you might have a program like Norton Undelete, which quarantine the files you try to delete, keeping the space still in use, and then you need to remove them with that program. jud