Problem with disk space after vista reinstall

[KeypoX]

I have a main download drive with 220 GB so i had quite a bit of stuff in recycle bin and then i reeinstalled vista and now there is not thing in recycle bin but the space is still being taken up.

I did a properties on all the folders and it comes up about 30GB short of what it should be.

 

[loup garou]

Is there a windows.old directory you could delete?

 

[dclive]

Originally posted by: KeypoX
I have a main download drive with 220 GB so i had quite a bit of stuff in recycle bin and then i reeinstalled vista and now there is not thing in recycle bin but the space is still being taken up.

I did a properties on all the folders and it comes up about 30GB short of what it should be.

Go into c:\recycler (or that folder on the drive in question) and notice there are probably one or more S-###-###-#### directories. Delete them.

 

[KeypoX]

Originally posted by: dclive

Originally posted by: KeypoX
I have a main download drive with 220 GB so i had quite a bit of stuff in recycle bin and then i reeinstalled vista and now there is not thing in recycle bin but the space is still being taken up.

I did a properties on all the folders and it comes up about 30GB short of what it should be.

Go into c:\recycler (or that folder on the drive in question) and notice there are probably one or more S-###-###-#### directories. Delete them.

ok there were some old recycle bins that i saw before ... i went into each of them but they had nothing in them... i just deleted all of them one gave error because it is the new one... but the others gave me back the 31GB thanks 🙂