Deleted files still living on my hard drive

Over the past eight months that I've been using Vista, I've downloaded many
mp3's and video files. When I no longer need them I put them in the Recycle
Bin and delete them. However, a recent search for files ending with those
extensions (.avi, .mp3, .mpg, etc.) revealed that a large number of those
files that I thought were deleted are, in fact, still on my hard drive and
are impossible to delete again because "that folder or file no longer
exists." How do I get this useless data off of my computer?!

Run Disk Cleanup.
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"stallion-man" <stallion-> wrote in message
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> Over the past eight months that I've been using Vista, I've downloaded
> many
> mp3's and video files. When I no longer need them I put them in the
> Recycle
> Bin and delete them. However, a recent search for files ending with those
> extensions (.avi, .mp3, .mpg, etc.) revealed that a large number of those
> files that I thought were deleted are, in fact, still on my hard drive and
> are impossible to delete again because "that folder or file no longer
> exists." How do I get this useless data off of my computer?!

stallion-man;667907 Wrote:
> Over the past eight months that I've been using Vista, I've downloade
> man
> mp3's and video files. When I no longer need them I put them in th
> Recycl
> Bin and delete them. However, a recent search for files ending wit
> thos
> extensions (.avi, .mp3, .mpg, etc.) revealed that a large number o
> thos
> files that I thought were deleted are, in fact, still on my hard driv
> an
> are impossible to delete again because "that folder or file no longe
> exists." How do I get this useless data off of my computer?

You have two options - allow the index to update itself, or force a
index rebuild

- Click Star
- Click "Control Panel
- Click "System and Maintenance
- Click "Indexing Options
- Click "Advanced". (You will need to respond to a UAC prompt
- Click "Rebuild" then "OK". Depending on the size of your hard disk
and how many files will be index, this can take anything from a fe
minutes to several hours to complete. Best leave it overnight whe
you're not using the computer
- When Index Options once again shows "Indexing Complete", clic
"Close"That will remove the "phantom" files in your search results

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"Dzomlija" <> wrote in message
news...
>
> stallion-man;667907 Wrote:
>> Over the past eight months that I've been using Vista, I've downloaded
>> many
>> mp3's and video files. When I no longer need them I put them in the
>> Recycle
>> Bin and delete them. However, a recent search for files ending with
>> those
>> extensions (.avi, .mp3, .mpg, etc.) revealed that a large number of
>> those
>> files that I thought were deleted are, in fact, still on my hard drive
>> and
>> are impossible to delete again because "that folder or file no longer
>> exists." How do I get this useless data off of my computer?!
>
> You have two options - allow the index to update itself, or force an
> index rebuild:
>
> - Click Start
> - Click "Control Panel"
> - Click "System and Maintenance"
> - Click "Indexing Options"
> - Click "Advanced". (You will need to respond to a UAC prompt)
> - Click "Rebuild" then "OK". Depending on the size of your hard disk,
> and how many files will be index, this can take anything from a few
> minutes to several hours to complete. Best leave it overnight when
> you're not using the computer.
> - When Index Options once again shows "Indexing Complete", click
> "Close"That will remove the "phantom" files in your search results.
>
>
> --
> Dzomlija
>
> Peter Alexander Dzomlija
> -Do you hear, huh? The Alpha and The Omega? Death and Rebirth? And as
> you die, so shall I be Reborn...-
>
> _*Prometheus*_
> MOBO: ASUS MB-M3A32-MVP Deluxe/WiFi-AP
> CPU: AMD Phenom 9600 Quad
> RAM: 2 x A-Data 2GB DDR2-800
> GPU: ASUS ATI Radeon HD 2400PRO, 256MB
> BOX: Thermaltake Tai-Chi Water Cooled
> OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64
> '' (http://valid.x86-secret.com/show_oc.php?id=333562)'[image:
> http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png]'
> (http://valid.x86-secret.com/cache/banner/333562.png)



Go to http://www.fileshredder.org/fileshredder-help.php and download
fileshredder, it has the option to delete empty space on the hard drive.


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"stallion-man" <stallion-> wrote in message
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> Over the past eight months that I've been using Vista, I've downloaded
> many
> mp3's and video files. When I no longer need them I put them in the
> Recycle
> Bin and delete them. However, a recent search for files ending with those
> extensions (.avi, .mp3, .mpg, etc.) revealed that a large number of those
> files that I thought were deleted are, in fact, still on my hard drive and
> are impossible to delete again because "that folder or file no longer
> exists." How do I get this useless data off of my computer?!