I have an old IBM Thinkpad that has a 5Gig hard disk (C:). I have been trying to get more free space by erasing files. When I remove an application, erase a file or a large set of files, (Lotus Notes, etc.) it does not free up any space, in fact it reduces free space. The disk now has 0% free space.
When I try to format the disk to re-image, I get a message that says the disk is locked by another process and will not let me format.
Has anyone seen this? Any quick solution?