defragmentation and deletion

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I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on a
cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.

Thanks for your time and my not understanding.
 
We could tell you if we had your computer.
Maybe System Restore is consuming space.
Virus and Spyware could also be responsible.
 
Did you empty your Recycle Bin?

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Hope this helps.

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Gerry Cornell said:
Did you empty your Recycle Bin?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Yes. I have done what I think should be done.


Gerry Cornell said:
Did you empty your Recycle Bin?

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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Stourport, Worcs, England
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I have winxp and have deleted all my digital camera pictures(put them on a
cd) and I had a lot. I have defragmented and deleted my temp files but
still when I go to check my space that I have saved it does not change.
Could someone tell me why? This has been going on for a while now.

Thanks for your time and my not understanding.
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If you've used XP's CD burning feature, there may still be copies of the
pictures in the "staging area" used by this process. See section 2 of this
article for an explanation of staging area:
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/xpcd.htm

By default the folder is located at:
...\Documents and Settings\<account name>\Local Settings\CD Burning
Change Folder Options> View to show the hidden Local Settings folder and
subfolders. Delete the files from the CD Burning folder (after checking on
CD that they were in fact copied). Press shift when deleting to bypass the
Recycle Bin or remember to empty the Bin later.
 
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