No Hard Disk space after format

[Tanyuning]

Just formatted my computer, files all deleted.

But the Hard Disk shows that the used space is identical to before the format.

Tried to put my files back in but the system says there is not enough space.

HALP

 

[Tanyuning]

Done that only deleted about 26 Mb

 

[mjmacka]

Use something like "windirstat" to look at your "c" disk and see what is occupying your space.

I'm guessing it's a windows.old folder

 

[Tanyuning]

Holy crap you are right? How do I get rid of the bloody thing, just delete it?

 

[mjmacka]

Holy crap you are right? How do I get rid of the bloody thing, just delete it?

Yep, just delete that folder.

When you preform a windows reinstall, it installs a fresh copy of the OS and moves old data into windows.old.

Basically what happened is you didn't format you just reinstalled windows. This is normal. Next time give us more details, I could have gotten to that answer faster with details.

Glad I could help.

 

[Jeremiahhary]

Perhaps, you need to do some Disk Cleanup:
http://www.wikihow.com/Free-up-Hard-Disk-Space-on-Windows-Vista

 

[mjmacka]

Perhaps, you need to do some Disk Cleanup:
http://www.wikihow.com/Free-up-Hard-Disk-Space-on-Windows-Vista

Disk disk cleanup won't much good if it's legit data. It's good for deleting temp files from programs like IE, temp downloaded files.