look in the system volume folder (does me have that folder?). you meany need
to change the folder permission...
You probably also have two or more recycle files in the recycle bin - i
always delete the old ones, although i don't know if they have content.
On 4/25/06, Rick Glazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 5G~ is "stuck" in WinME Recycle Bin...
>
> I have a fairly new install (2-3 years) of Win-ME.
> This is the install that dual booted with WindowsServer2003,
> but it was removed a while back.
> I use that box when "my real computer" is busy doing something.
>
> It was using the NT bootloader until today. I started to notice
> that was a VERY poor way to leave the system, (no safe mode,
> or fully working boot menu, etc), so I wanted to "fix" that part
> of it... I started recording an Image file before I started "playing"
> with ANYTHING, and strange things started to happen...
>
> I did an Acronis TI 9 backup of the drive, and that seemed to
> trash the NTbootloader... (No system disk, can't boot, etc...)
> I did not do a restore, etc -- (??)
>
> So I repaired the WinME bootloader and system files, (sys c: with
> an ME boot disk) and now I have noticed this "new?" problem...
>
> I have 1.2 G "used" showing in WinME for the "C" drive,
> but Acronis wants to "back-up" over 6G for this SAME drive.
>
> I used BartPE to "see" where the space was being used, but I can
> NOT "see" the files in the recycle bin, only the size of that directory....
> This is very "odd"... I have not given it much thought yet, and need
> some ideas...
>
> Like ---
> How to get the drive (which is a year or two old) "cleaned up"
> so I can properly back it up... A re-install in not a good option.
> There "has" to be a better way than a format (or ZAP) of this drive...
>
> Rick Glazier
>
>
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