Here we go people…yet another case of lost disk space. Im running XP Pro on an IBM T43 college laptop. The problem is not, and I want to truly emphasize this, disk cleanup, defragmentation, or files Ive forgotten about on my drive. Ill start with a description of the problem.
The drive in question is a 60GB capacity with 55.8 actual. I recently reinstalled the motherboard and HDD and have encountered a lost disk space problem. Lets say I have 40GB free space and want to download a movie. I download the movie and see a decrease of say, 1GB. Disk capacity now: 39GB. Im done with the movie so I delete it from my HDD by highlighting and hitting ‘delete’. Disk capacity now: 39GB. I set the drive up to delete the file without using the recycling bin and turned off system restore but to no avail.
I read that there could possibly be a problem with symantec ghost or perhaps a protected recycling bin? I know I have ghost but have never used it. The recycling bin Im not so sure about. I want to start by checking the ghost image and seeing if it is the problem. Contacting Symantec twice also brandished no result. I would really appreciate any help since the drive is down to about 15GB now and dropping with every update! Let me know what you think : D
