How come i've just deleted 4 gig off my hard drive and have ended up with less space, huh ?????????
2007-01-10 08:56:27 · 13 answers · asked by Craig W 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
try to delete them from the trash bin too. (empty trash bin).
2007-01-10 09:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by sam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. Make sure that what you deleted isn't still there.
2. Try installing Lavasoft Ad-Aware and/or Microsoft Defender @ download.com. Run a virus scan to see if a virus is doing anything.
Otherwise, something else is wrong or you have done a very stupid thing. Or smart, depending on the way you think. No offense. Have a good day. Or bad.
2007-01-10 09:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by The Mackster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, we're gonna need more details.
Did you empty your Recycle Bin after you deleted the files? If not, then the files are still taking up space on your drive.
2007-01-10 08:59:59 · answer #3 · answered by TruthIsFreedom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you could have a virus so i would do a full system scan to make sure that there isn't a virus on you computer.
if you do find a virus make sure that until it is gone that your computer says off of the Internet. this is because if you use on-line banking some one could end up getting your bank details and other important information!!
good luck
2007-01-13 08:28:46 · answer #4 · answered by AARON D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your drive probably automatically cleaned up your Local Disk C because you did not have enough free space. But it will only delete unecessary files/temp files.
2007-01-10 08:59:33 · answer #5 · answered by rockabilly.betty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wipe (=overwrite the deleted files) the "free" space of your drive with a free cleaner like Eraser or Ultrawipe
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Eraser/eraser.html
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/UltraWipe/ultrawipe.html
and get your free space back
2007-01-10 09:07:32 · answer #6 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how did you delete it, right click and then delete? or add/remove programs? if you just deleted the stuff to trash can maybe you need to empty it also if i deleted that much stuff i would use defrag under system tools and it will help the speed of the pc overall after thats done....other than that i dunno
2007-01-10 09:00:34 · answer #7 · answered by bshelby2121 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its deleting each and every thing you are able to constantly purely take the failings off you dont desire replica each and every thing on your pc then format then placed the failings back on your memory card wish this facilitates
2016-12-16 06:16:52 · answer #8 · answered by schwarm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you aren't doing your math correctly, or by some chance could you have shrunk your main partition?
2007-01-10 08:58:38 · answer #9 · answered by chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it all still sitting in your recycle bin?
2007-01-10 09:03:27 · answer #10 · answered by rinkrat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋