Vista - Deleting files in Vista

Anybody got any idea what's going on here?

Disk Space: 126 Gig Free

Delete a 3 Gig File

Disk Space: 126 Gig Free

It seems not to be reallocating the space used by deleted files as free
space.

Erm, any thoughts?

Additionally, if I highlight 2 or more files, ie, in this stances 3 .img
files and 3 .mpg files, right click, and choose delete, it looks like it
deletes them all, then the 3 mpg's reappear. I then highlight those 3
mpgs and delete them again, but the Free Space is never returned.

Cya
Simon

On Mon, 07 May 2007 11:51:51 +0100, Simon Dean
<sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote:

>Anybody got any idea what's going on here?
>
>Disk Space: 126 Gig Free
>
>Delete a 3 Gig File
>
>Disk Space: 126 Gig Free
>
>It seems not to be reallocating the space used by deleted files as free
>space.
>
>Erm, any thoughts?
>
>Additionally, if I highlight 2 or more files, ie, in this stances 3 .img
>files and 3 .mpg files, right click, and choose delete, it looks like it
>deletes them all, then the 3 mpg's reappear. I then highlight those 3
>mpgs and delete them again, but the Free Space is never returned.
>
>Cya
>Simon

Whe you delete the file, it (by default) goes to the Recycle Bin. The
space is not released.

Try deleting it from there, and see if you get a reported increase in
available disk space.

As to your observations with .img and .mpg files, I don't have a clue
what is going on there.

---
Jay (remove dashes for legal email address)

Jay Somerset wrote:
> On Mon, 07 May 2007 11:51:51 +0100, Simon Dean
> <sjdean@simtext.plus.com> wrote:
>
>> Anybody got any idea what's going on here?
>>
>> Disk Space: 126 Gig Free
>>
>> Delete a 3 Gig File
>>
>> Disk Space: 126 Gig Free
>>
>> It seems not to be reallocating the space used by deleted files as free
>> space.
>>
>> Erm, any thoughts?
>>
>> Additionally, if I highlight 2 or more files, ie, in this stances 3 .img
>> files and 3 .mpg files, right click, and choose delete, it looks like it
>> deletes them all, then the 3 mpg's reappear. I then highlight those 3
>> mpgs and delete them again, but the Free Space is never returned.
>>
>> Cya
>> Simon
>
> Whe you delete the file, it (by default) goes to the Recycle Bin. The
> space is not released.

Sorry, should have said, Im holding down the "shift" key to prevent it
from going to the recycle bin. So there's nothing there...

>
> Try deleting it from there, and see if you get a reported increase in
> available disk space.

In light of the above, there's nothing there.

>
> As to your observations with .img and .mpg files, I don't have a clue
> what is going on there.
>

Let's focus on the missing free space then.

If I go and try to do a disk cleanup, there is nothing in the list that
is reportedly of my three meg. Recycle Bin is empty, everything else is
a few meg at best.

Cya
Simon

>>
>>> Anybody got any idea what's going on here?
>>>

Maybe...

Google the new feature called Transactional NTFS. Maybe Vista is keeping a
shadow copy of some deleted file types.

Disclaimer...I've no experience with this feature, only read about it in a
Vista book...the book seems to imply this is a super-recycle bin.

-John O