- Can I have my disc space back?
- Posted by Mike Smartt on October 28th, 2005
Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on my C
drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed apparently
without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I tried to make
another copy I was told there was insufficient space on C. Sure enough,
where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there was now 800 mb. I checked and
the image file had apparently been deleted. But the C drive was still
showing that 4.6 gigs - the size of the image drive - was being occupied.
Anyone else had similar problems? I am pretty sure it's a windows problem
rather than Nero.
- Posted by Bob Eyster on October 28th, 2005
Did you clear out your Recycle Bin?
Bob Eyster
"Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on my C
> drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed apparently
> without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I tried to make
> another copy I was told there was insufficient space on C. Sure enough,
> where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there was now 800 mb. I checked
> and the image file had apparently been deleted. But the C drive was still
> showing that 4.6 gigs - the size of the image drive - was being occupied.
> Anyone else had similar problems? I am pretty sure it's a windows problem
> rather than Nero.
>
>
- Posted by Mike Smartt on October 28th, 2005
Yes. I did all that. Including running all the Windows disc utilities and
others. I have just deteled a cache file that was 250 mgs and the disc still
reports only 800 megs full. Perhaps this is a liitle nasty (virus, trojan)
which has sneaked on to my hard disc?
"Bob Eyster" <reyster1@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:OjTh3B92FHA.2872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Did you clear out your Recycle Bin?
>
>
> Bob Eyster
>
>
>
> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
> news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on my C
>> drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed apparently
>> without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I tried to make
>> another copy I was told there was insufficient space on C. Sure enough,
>> where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there was now 800 mb. I checked
>> and the image file had apparently been deleted. But the C drive was still
>> showing that 4.6 gigs - the size of the image drive - was being occupied.
>> Anyone else had similar problems? I am pretty sure it's a windows problem
>> rather than Nero.
>>
>>
>
>
- Posted by Gerry Cornell on October 28th, 2005
Mike
Does the file have a name? Have you used Windows Explorer to search for
it? Remember you use the * wild card if you only know part of the file
name or restrict your search to files over 1 mb.
If you do what you did before does Nero not give you a file path? You
can cancel the operation before it places a further copy on your hard
drive.
Do you have any Norton Utilities?
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
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"Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
news:436245cb$0$6506$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> Yes. I did all that. Including running all the Windows disc utilities
> and others. I have just deteled a cache file that was 250 mgs and the
> disc still reports only 800 megs full. Perhaps this is a liitle nasty
> (virus, trojan) which has sneaked on to my hard disc?
>
> "Bob Eyster" <reyster1@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:OjTh3B92FHA.2872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Did you clear out your Recycle Bin?
>>
>>
>> Bob Eyster
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
>> news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on
>>> my C drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed
>>> apparently without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I
>>> tried to make another copy I was told there was insufficient space
>>> on C. Sure enough, where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there
>>> was now 800 mb. I checked and the image file had apparently been
>>> deleted. But the C drive was still showing that 4.6 gigs - the size
>>> of the image drive - was being occupied. Anyone else had similar
>>> problems? I am pretty sure it's a windows problem rather than Nero.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
- Posted by GTS on October 28th, 2005
If you're sure the file was deleted, I recommend you run chkdsk /f.
--
"Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on my C
> drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed apparently
> without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I tried to make
> another copy I was told there was insufficient space on C. Sure enough,
> where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there was now 800 mb. I checked
> and the image file had apparently been deleted. But the C drive was still
> showing that 4.6 gigs - the size of the image drive - was being occupied.
> Anyone else had similar problems? I am pretty sure it's a windows problem
> rather than Nero.
>
>
- Posted by Mike Smartt on October 28th, 2005
Thanks for that. I had, in fact, searched for the file and found, in Nero,
the path for saving the temporary image. Your idea about Norton Utilities
was a good one because I recovered the 4.5 gig file, which seems to have
been there all the time (Nero is set to delete the image on exit and seemed
to have done so but, course, it is recoverable). I have now tried to delete
it in the normal way through the Trash Can and although it seems to have
gone, the space on the hard disc is still not released and the file is
recoverable - because I have done it. How does one get rid of a file like
this permanently - dead, gone, deceased?
"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
news:eY2zhm92FHA.3036@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Mike
>
> Does the file have a name? Have you used Windows Explorer to search for
> it? Remember you use the * wild card if you only know part of the file
> name or restrict your search to files over 1 mb.
>
> If you do what you did before does Nero not give you a file path? You can
> cancel the operation before it places a further copy on your hard drive.
>
> Do you have any Norton Utilities?
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>
> Using invalid email address
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
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> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> suggested solution worked for you.
>
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>
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>
>
> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
> news:436245cb$0$6506$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>> Yes. I did all that. Including running all the Windows disc utilities and
>> others. I have just deteled a cache file that was 250 mgs and the disc
>> still reports only 800 megs full. Perhaps this is a liitle nasty (virus,
>> trojan) which has sneaked on to my hard disc?
>>
>> "Bob Eyster" <reyster1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> news:OjTh3B92FHA.2872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Did you clear out your Recycle Bin?
>>>
>>>
>>> Bob Eyster
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
>>> news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>>> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on my
>>>> C drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed apparently
>>>> without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I tried to make
>>>> another copy I was told there was insufficient space on C. Sure enough,
>>>> where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there was now 800 mb. I
>>>> checked and the image file had apparently been deleted. But the C drive
>>>> was still showing that 4.6 gigs - the size of the image drive - was
>>>> being occupied. Anyone else had similar problems? I am pretty sure it's
>>>> a windows problem rather than Nero.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
- Posted by Gerry Cornell on October 28th, 2005
Mike
Has another copy gone into Norton Protected Storage?
http://snipurl.com/j8g4
Have you emptied the Windows Recycle Bin? If you wish to bypass the
Recycle Bin you can delete using Shift+Delete but be careful using this
method and you cannot restore the file if you delete in error.
--
Hope this helps.
Gerry
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"Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
news:43625f2e$0$6493$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> Thanks for that. I had, in fact, searched for the file and found, in
> Nero, the path for saving the temporary image. Your idea about Norton
> Utilities was a good one because I recovered the 4.5 gig file, which
> seems to have been there all the time (Nero is set to delete the image
> on exit and seemed to have done so but, course, it is recoverable). I
> have now tried to delete it in the normal way through the Trash Can
> and although it seems to have gone, the space on the hard disc is
> still not released and the file is recoverable - because I have done
> it. How does one get rid of a file like this permanently - dead, gone,
> deceased?
>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
> news:eY2zhm92FHA.3036@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Mike
>>
>> Does the file have a name? Have you used Windows Explorer to search
>> for it? Remember you use the * wild card if you only know part of the
>> file name or restrict your search to files over 1 mb.
>>
>> If you do what you did before does Nero not give you a file path? You
>> can cancel the operation before it places a further copy on your hard
>> drive.
>>
>> Do you have any Norton Utilities?
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> Gerry
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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>>
>> Using invalid email address
>>
>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>
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>>
>> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
>> news:436245cb$0$6506$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>> Yes. I did all that. Including running all the Windows disc
>>> utilities and others. I have just deteled a cache file that was 250
>>> mgs and the disc still reports only 800 megs full. Perhaps this is a
>>> liitle nasty (virus, trojan) which has sneaked on to my hard disc?
>>>
>>> "Bob Eyster" <reyster1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OjTh3B92FHA.2872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>> Did you clear out your Recycle Bin?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bob Eyster
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>>>> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made
>>>>> on my C drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed
>>>>> apparently without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I
>>>>> tried to make another copy I was told there was insufficient space
>>>>> on C. Sure enough, where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there
>>>>> was now 800 mb. I checked and the image file had apparently been
>>>>> deleted. But the C drive was still showing that 4.6 gigs - the
>>>>> size of the image drive - was being occupied. Anyone else had
>>>>> similar problems? I am pretty sure it's a windows problem rather
>>>>> than Nero.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>
- Posted by Mike on October 29th, 2005
You might want to look into windows washer it will delete the nero files and
will erase and wash the disk. the first time i use it it recovered over 1 gig
of space it also has a way to wash slack space ( Unused ) that might still
have fragments of files left on it..
"Mike Smartt" wrote:
> Thanks for that. I had, in fact, searched for the file and found, in Nero,
> the path for saving the temporary image. Your idea about Norton Utilities
> was a good one because I recovered the 4.5 gig file, which seems to have
> been there all the time (Nero is set to delete the image on exit and seemed
> to have done so but, course, it is recoverable). I have now tried to delete
> it in the normal way through the Trash Can and although it seems to have
> gone, the space on the hard disc is still not released and the file is
> recoverable - because I have done it. How does one get rid of a file like
> this permanently - dead, gone, deceased?
>
>
> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
> news:eY2zhm92FHA.3036@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> > Mike
> >
> > Does the file have a name? Have you used Windows Explorer to search for
> > it? Remember you use the * wild card if you only know part of the file
> > name or restrict your search to files over 1 mb.
> >
> > If you do what you did before does Nero not give you a file path? You can
> > cancel the operation before it places a further copy on your hard drive.
> >
> > Do you have any Norton Utilities?
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > Gerry
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > FCA
> >
> > Using invalid email address
> >
> > Stourport, Worcs, England
> > Enquire, plan and execute.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Please tell the newsgroup how any
> > suggested solution worked for you.
> >
> > http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> > "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
> > news:436245cb$0$6506$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> >> Yes. I did all that. Including running all the Windows disc utilities and
> >> others. I have just deteled a cache file that was 250 mgs and the disc
> >> still reports only 800 megs full. Perhaps this is a liitle nasty (virus,
> >> trojan) which has sneaked on to my hard disc?
> >>
> >> "Bob Eyster" <reyster1@comcast.net> wrote in message
> >> news:OjTh3B92FHA.2872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> >>> Did you clear out your Recycle Bin?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bob Eyster
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
> >>> news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
> >>>> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on my
> >>>> C drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed apparently
> >>>> without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I tried to make
> >>>> another copy I was told there was insufficient space on C. Sure enough,
> >>>> where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there was now 800 mb. I
> >>>> checked and the image file had apparently been deleted. But the C drive
> >>>> was still showing that 4.6 gigs - the size of the image drive - was
> >>>> being occupied. Anyone else had similar problems? I am pretty sure it's
> >>>> a windows problem rather than Nero.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
>
- Posted by Mike Smartt on October 29th, 2005
Thanks everyone. I have now emptied Norton Protected Storage and that has
solved the problem. I have had Norton on my computer for several years and
never understood what protected storage was. You learn something new every
day.
"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
news:u17Adr%232FHA.3420@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> Mike
>
> Has another copy gone into Norton Protected Storage?
>
> http://snipurl.com/j8g4
>
> Have you emptied the Windows Recycle Bin? If you wish to bypass the
> Recycle Bin you can delete using Shift+Delete but be careful using this
> method and you cannot restore the file if you delete in error.
>
> --
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> FCA
>
> Using invalid email address
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
> Enquire, plan and execute.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Please tell the newsgroup how any
> suggested solution worked for you.
>
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
> news:43625f2e$0$6493$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>> Thanks for that. I had, in fact, searched for the file and found, in
>> Nero, the path for saving the temporary image. Your idea about Norton
>> Utilities was a good one because I recovered the 4.5 gig file, which
>> seems to have been there all the time (Nero is set to delete the image on
>> exit and seemed to have done so but, course, it is recoverable). I have
>> now tried to delete it in the normal way through the Trash Can and
>> although it seems to have gone, the space on the hard disc is still not
>> released and the file is recoverable - because I have done it. How does
>> one get rid of a file like this permanently - dead, gone, deceased?
>>
>>
>> "Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@tenretnitb.com> wrote in message
>> news:eY2zhm92FHA.3036@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Does the file have a name? Have you used Windows Explorer to search for
>>> it? Remember you use the * wild card if you only know part of the file
>>> name or restrict your search to files over 1 mb.
>>>
>>> If you do what you did before does Nero not give you a file path? You
>>> can cancel the operation before it places a further copy on your hard
>>> drive.
>>>
>>> Do you have any Norton Utilities?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>>
>>> Hope this helps.
>>>
>>> Gerry
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> FCA
>>>
>>> Using invalid email address
>>>
>>> Stourport, Worcs, England
>>> Enquire, plan and execute.
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>> Please tell the newsgroup how any
>>> suggested solution worked for you.
>>>
>>> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>
>>> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
>>> news:436245cb$0$6506$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>>> Yes. I did all that. Including running all the Windows disc utilities
>>>> and others. I have just deteled a cache file that was 250 mgs and the
>>>> disc still reports only 800 megs full. Perhaps this is a liitle nasty
>>>> (virus, trojan) which has sneaked on to my hard disc?
>>>>
>>>> "Bob Eyster" <reyster1@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>> news:OjTh3B92FHA.2872@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Did you clear out your Recycle Bin?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Bob Eyster
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net> wrote in message
>>>>> news:43623b04$0$6498$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>>>>>> Yesterday, I made a copy of a DVD using Nero 6. An image was made on
>>>>>> my C drive before copying, as usual, and the copy was completed
>>>>>> apparently without trouble. The program shut down. However, when I
>>>>>> tried to make another copy I was told there was insufficient space on
>>>>>> C. Sure enough, where there had once been 5 gigs + free, there was
>>>>>> now 800 mb. I checked and the image file had apparently been deleted.
>>>>>> But the C drive was still showing that 4.6 gigs - the size of the
>>>>>> image drive - was being occupied. Anyone else had similar problems? I
>>>>>> am pretty sure it's a windows problem rather than Nero.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
- Posted by Les Herrman on October 29th, 2005
On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 12:55:02 +0100, "Mike Smartt" <mike@getsmartt.net>
wrote:
>Thanks everyone. I have now emptied Norton Protected Storage and that has
>solved the problem. I have had Norton on my computer for several years and
>never understood what protected storage was. You learn something new every
>day.
While a lot of people complain about Norton products, the Norton
Protected Recycle bin has saved me several times when I have deletd
something by mistake.