[SOLVED] Deleting files from an external HD doesn't free up space!

sludeking · 09-08-2009, 12:46 AM

Hey,

I have a 16gb usb flash drive with a maximum of 4gb space used on it. I had some files the other day which filled up about 10gb and when I deleted them the space doesn't get freed up (i.e. it claims there is only 663 mb left).

What can I do to solve this issue.

OS: Snow leopard (NB: this is also an issue on the older OS's too).

sinclair_tm · 09-08-2009, 11:39 AM

Did you empty the trash? What about closing the window and opening it again after emptying the trash?

sludeking · 09-08-2009, 11:46 PM

Yeh I emptied the trash as well as restarting the computer closing opening the window. But it said I still only had 633 mb of space.

But I told the puter to show all hidden files and folders and found that in the .trashes folder on the usb drive 13gb of trash i had deleted was taking up the space.

09-08-2009, 11:46 PM	#3 (permalink)
sludeking Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 70 OS: Windows XP	Re: [SOLVED] Deleting files from an external HD doesn't free up space! Yeh I emptied the trash as well as restarting the computer closing opening the window. But it said I still only had 633 mb of space. But I told the puter to show all hidden files and folders and found that in the .trashes folder on the usb drive 13gb of trash i had deleted was taking up the space.