free space lost

I removed 50 gbs. from an external drive today.

After rebooting the machine and running defrag, I have noticed that
the free space hasn't been reclaimed.
The external drive is NTFS.
The files don't show up when I do a search.

what is happening?

thanks

Are you running anything from Norton - such as their protected recycle bin?
If so, that must be emptied along with the Vista recycle bin.

--

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"David Sherman" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I removed 50 gbs. from an external drive today.
>
> After rebooting the machine and running defrag, I have noticed that
> the free space hasn't been reclaimed.
> The external drive is NTFS.
> The files don't show up when I do a search.
>
> what is happening?
>
> thanks

Maybe you could be a little more clear what you have done. You don't remove
space from a drive, but from a partition. Free space isn't reclaimed until
you add the free space back to the partition or create another partition.
How did you create the freespace and with what? What files don't show up
and where are you searching?


"David Sherman" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I removed 50 gbs. from an external drive today.
>
> After rebooting the machine and running defrag, I have noticed that
> the free space hasn't been reclaimed.
> The external drive is NTFS.
> The files don't show up when I do a search.
>
> what is happening?
>
> thanks

Norton 2009 does not have this protection at all.


On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:15:00 -0400, "Richard Urban"
<> wrote:

>Are you running anything from Norton - such as their protected recycle bin?
>If so, that must be emptied along with the Vista recycle bin.
>
>--
>
>Richard Urban
>Microsoft MVP
>Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
>"David Sherman" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>>I removed 50 gbs. from an external drive today.
>>
>> After rebooting the machine and running defrag, I have noticed that
>> the free space hasn't been reclaimed.
>> The external drive is NTFS.
>> The files don't show up when I do a search.
>>
>> what is happening?
>>
>> thanks

I highlighted a folder on my external drive. I then "Shift-Deleted" a
folder.
I have search the hard drive and external drive for the folder and
files. They are not there.
Weird thing. When I rebooted the laptop this AM, I picked up 10 gbs
from the external drive. Instead of 50 gbs. missing, I am missing 40
gbs.


On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:31:54 -0700, "John Barnes" <>
wrote:

>Maybe you could be a little more clear what you have done. You don't remove
>space from a drive, but from a partition. Free space isn't reclaimed until
>you add the free space back to the partition or create another partition.
>How did you create the freespace and with what? What files don't show up
>and where are you searching?
>
>
>"David Sherman" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>>I removed 50 gbs. from an external drive today.
>>
>> After rebooting the machine and running defrag, I have noticed that
>> the free space hasn't been reclaimed.
>> The external drive is NTFS.
>> The files don't show up when I do a search.
>>
>> what is happening?
>>
>> thanks

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 07:24:09 -0400, David Sherman
<> wrote:

>I highlighted a folder on my external drive. I then "Shift-Deleted" a
>folder.
>I have search the hard drive and external drive for the folder and
>files. They are not there.
>Weird thing. When I rebooted the laptop this AM, I picked up 10 gbs
>from the external drive. Instead of 50 gbs. missing, I am missing 40
>gbs.
>
>
>On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:31:54 -0700, "John Barnes" <>
>wrote:
>
>>Maybe you could be a little more clear what you have done. You don't remove
>>space from a drive, but from a partition. Free space isn't reclaimed until
>>you add the free space back to the partition or create another partition.
>>How did you create the freespace and with what? What files don't show up
>>and where are you searching?
>>
>>
>>"David Sherman" <> wrote in message
>>news:. ..
>>>I removed 50 gbs. from an external drive today.
>>>
>>> After rebooting the machine and running defrag, I have noticed that
>>> the free space hasn't been reclaimed.
>>> The external drive is NTFS.
>>> The files don't show up when I do a search.
>>>
>>> what is happening?
>>>
>>> thanks

"Shift-delete" = permanantley delete ( gone ) .