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I have a 200 Gb second HDD for storage only. I was down to 50 Gb of free
space so I deleted 50 Gb of files. The files have gone but no space has been
freed up. I installed Norton System Works and ran disc optomise - no change.
I defragmented the drive - no change. I ran the error check but it made no
difference.
They all say 200 Gb hard drive with 50 Gb free space. I downloaded a free
program called treesize, this showed my file size as 100 Gb and free space as
50 Gb.
So I have lost 50 Gb of free space and if I delete more files I still will
still not gain free space.
If I go to my computer and right click on the drive icon it gives me the
option to format, will this wipe my drive clean ?
If so how do you decide allocation size and what format option should be
ticked ?
I have a 200 Gb second HDD for storage only. I was down to 50 Gb of free
space so I deleted 50 Gb of files. The files have gone but no space has been
freed up. I installed Norton System Works and ran disc optomise - no change.
I defragmented the drive - no change. I ran the error check but it made no
difference.
They all say 200 Gb hard drive with 50 Gb free space. I downloaded a free
program called treesize, this showed my file size as 100 Gb and free space as
50 Gb.
So I have lost 50 Gb of free space and if I delete more files I still will
still not gain free space.
If I go to my computer and right click on the drive icon it gives me the
option to format, will this wipe my drive clean ?
If so how do you decide allocation size and what format option should be
ticked ?