defragmentation and deletion

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I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on a
cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.

Thanks for your time and my not understanding.
 
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Did you empty your Recycle Bin?

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"curious" <curious@mydomain.com> wrote in message
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> I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on a
> cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
> still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
> Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.
>
> Thanks for your time and my not understanding.
>
>
 
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"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Did you empty your Recycle Bin?
>
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>
> ~~~~~~
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> FCA
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
> Enquire, plan and execute.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Please tell the newsgroup how any
> suggested solution worked for you.
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>
>
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> "curious" <curious@mydomain.com> wrote in message
> news:%23BHvgfYdEHA.1604@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on
>> a
>> cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
>> still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
>> Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and my not understanding.
>>
>>
>
 
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Yes. I have done what I think should be done.


"Gerry Cornell" <gcjc@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:OIxo4vbdEHA.212@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Did you empty your Recycle Bin?
>
> --
>
> ~~~~~~
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> FCA
>
> Stourport, Worcs, England
> Enquire, plan and execute.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Please tell the newsgroup how any
> suggested solution worked for you.
> http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
>
> "curious" <curious@mydomain.com> wrote in message
> news:%23BHvgfYdEHA.1604@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on
>> a
>> cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
>> still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
>> Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and my not understanding.
>>
>>
>
 
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We could tell you if we had your computer.
Maybe System Restore is consuming space.
Virus and Spyware could also be responsible.
 
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 11:19:49 -0500, curious wrote:

> I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on a
> cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
> still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
> Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.
>
> Thanks for your time and my not understanding.

If you've used XP's CD burning feature, there may still be copies of the
pictures in the "staging area" used by this process. See section 2 of this
article for an explanation of staging area:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

By default the folder is located at:
...\Documents and Settings\<account name>\Local Settings\CD Burning
Change Folder Options> View to show the hidden Local Settings folder and
subfolders. Delete the files from the CD Burning folder (after checking on
CD that they were in fact copied). Press shift when deleting to bypass the
Recycle Bin or remember to empty the Bin later.

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Sharon F
MS-MVP ~ Windows XP Shell/User