File size as reported by Windows

Question

Twice in the past week and a half, I have backed up a folder (two
different ones) of about 4.4 Gb each to a DVDR, then deleted the
folders. They both said the folders were too large for the recycle bin,
and would permanently delete the files. I did so. But in both
circumstances I ended up gaining only about 200Mb of free space. Any
idea what has happened. Inspiron 1710 is running media center edition 2005

any help is greatly appreciated. Even if this is the wrong forum for this question

anonim · Answer

Do you have somehow the System restore activated? If YES, then DISABLE it. This is the biggest 'virus' Microsoft has produced. Deactivation of system restore is my first thing to do on ANY PC I install or manage (out of several hundreds)

jmwills · Answer

One person's opinion and the first of that nature to be posted here.  System Restore will save your behind just like it is supposed to.   Look for other items in the Recyle Bin or go to the Recycler and see what is there and....     Semper Fi Marine

anonim · Answer

System restore was a real pain in the once when I tried to remove several hundred unnecessary files (the files were copied on CD and were not necessary any more). The computer was not mine, since I would have disabled the system restore.

What I saw then was that the free space was decreasing with each directory remove and after few trials it went down to less than 100 MB out of around 15 GB. At first I suspected a virus. After each reboot the free space was back to normal (around 15 GB). Then I disabled system restore and everything was PERFECT.

The computer works PERFECT without system restore. You don't need it at all. If you think you are gonna mess up your computer, there are better ways to save you, like Ghost and similar stuff.

jmwills · Answer

True that imaging is the best way to go but 95% of the poeple who visit these boards do not have the software or care to leanr about imaging or have extra drive capacity to pefrom imaging.  System Restore works just fine for them.

anonim · Answer

System restore might work for 95% of the people. One exception is just the author of this thread. That's why I told him to disable system restore.

HiGhLaNdEr48 · Answer

I do not know if this will help but worth a shot.Right click recycle bin click properties and move slider to increase the capacity of the bin to equal or surpass the file size you are trying to delete in the future.Would be better than turning off system restore. IMHO

Message Edited by HiGhLaNdEr48 on 02-26-2007 10:24 AM

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File size as reported by Windows

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