- Deleting huge files
- Posted by Mickster on January 4th, 2006
I work with huge data files (about 500 MB), and my system has a 3.2GHz Intel
with 1 GB of RAM. I cannot delete these files after I have finished
archiving them to DVDs. How do I increase the size of the Recycle bin so
that I can delete them?
- Posted by Patrick Cleburne on January 4th, 2006
"Mickster" <Mickster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I work with huge data files (about 500 MB), and my system has a 3.2GHz
>Intel
> with 1 GB of RAM. I cannot delete these files after I have finished
> archiving them to DVDs. How do I increase the size of the Recycle bin so
> that I can delete them?
Hit Shift-delete....that will bypass the bin and zap them permanently.
Patrick
- Posted by Bert Hyman on January 4th, 2006
patrick@@rebnet (Patrick Cleburne) wrote in
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> "Mickster" <Mickster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E31E55F1-181F-4C65-BB30-6E76A32E519E@microsoft.com...
>>I work with huge data files (about 500 MB), and my system has a
>>3.2GHz Intel
>> with 1 GB of RAM. I cannot delete these files after I have
>> finished archiving them to DVDs. How do I increase the size of
>> the Recycle bin so that I can delete them?
>
> Hit Shift-delete....that will bypass the bin and zap them
> permanently.
However, if that's not really what you want to do, to answer your
original question, right-click the "Recycle Bin" icon on your
desktop, select "Properties" and change the "Maximum size of Recycle
Bin ...".
- Posted by Patrick Cleburne on January 4th, 2006
"Bert Hyman" <RBob@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> patrick@@rebnet (Patrick Cleburne) wrote in
> news:rOOdnWLPab64bCbeRVn-rw@comcast.com:
>
>> "Mickster" <Mickster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E31E55F1-181F-4C65-BB30-6E76A32E519E@microsoft.com...
>>>I work with huge data files (about 500 MB), and my system has a
>>>3.2GHz Intel
>>> with 1 GB of RAM. I cannot delete these files after I have
>>> finished archiving them to DVDs. How do I increase the size of
>>> the Recycle bin so that I can delete them?
>>
>> Hit Shift-delete....that will bypass the bin and zap them
>> permanently.
>
> However, if that's not really what you want to do, to answer your
> original question, right-click the "Recycle Bin" icon on your
> desktop, select "Properties" and change the "Maximum size of Recycle
> Bin ...".
The problem is the OP asked the wrong compound question-- which you
dutifully answered! The objective is to get rid of the file which he
archived to DVD. Putting it in the bin is only an unnecessary intermediate
step. Hitting shift-delete is more efficient and therefore a better
solution.
Suppose he said he needed to get from his home in New York to a meeting in
Chicago ASAP and did you know a cheap gas station where he could fill up on
his way through Atlanta. The correct answer isn't the Quick Trip at the
corner of Peachtree and Piedmont Rd-- but to tell him to head west, not
south.
See whadda' mean, Vern ;-)
Patrick
- Posted by Gerry Cornell on January 5th, 2006
Patrick
You might have added to your original post "However, be absolutely
certain you want to delete the file because once deleted you cannot
get it back."
I do, however, agree Shift+Delete is the best solution given what
Mickster told us.
--
Regards.
Gerry
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Stourport, England
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"Patrick Cleburne" <patrick@@rebnet> wrote in message
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> "Bert Hyman" <RBob@community.nospam> wrote in message
> news:Xns974167577D95EVeebleFetzer@207.46.248.16...
>> patrick@@rebnet (Patrick Cleburne) wrote in
>> news:rOOdnWLPab64bCbeRVn-rw@comcast.com:
>>
>>> "Mickster" <Mickster@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:E31E55F1-181F-4C65-BB30-6E76A32E519E@microsoft.com...
>>>>I work with huge data files (about 500 MB), and my system has a
>>>>3.2GHz Intel
>>>> with 1 GB of RAM. I cannot delete these files after I have
>>>> finished archiving them to DVDs. How do I increase the size of
>>>> the Recycle bin so that I can delete them?
>>>
>>> Hit Shift-delete....that will bypass the bin and zap them
>>> permanently.
>>
>> However, if that's not really what you want to do, to answer your
>> original question, right-click the "Recycle Bin" icon on your
>> desktop, select "Properties" and change the "Maximum size of Recycle
>> Bin ...".
>
> The problem is the OP asked the wrong compound question-- which you
> dutifully answered! The objective is to get rid of the file which he
> archived to DVD. Putting it in the bin is only an unnecessary intermediate
> step. Hitting shift-delete is more efficient and therefore a better
> solution.
>
> Suppose he said he needed to get from his home in New York to a meeting in
> Chicago ASAP and did you know a cheap gas station where he could fill up
> on his way through Atlanta. The correct answer isn't the Quick Trip at the
> corner of Peachtree and Piedmont Rd-- but to tell him to head west, not
> south.
>
> See whadda' mean, Vern ;-)
>
> Patrick
>
