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HeathKernandez
Our Ron is an awesome Ron
Member since 4/07 9091 total posts
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baby fish mouth
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Lets talk jump drives
I have a 4GB kingston jump drive...
Why is it after I delete something from it... a large file or something
It STILL says I'm at 3.74GB capacity..
is there something special I have to do when deleting files?
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Posted 8/4/08 11:48 AM  |
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Blazesyth
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Re: Lets talk jump drives
Using Windows?
There might be a hidden recycle bin on the drive. If you uncheck 'hide hidden files and folders' under windows explorer tools --> options you may see it - and then can delete it.
Make sure to shift-delete if you really want to delete something, then it won't goto the recycle bin. 
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| Posted 8/4/08 12:24 PM |
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GoldenRod
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Shawn
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Re: Lets talk jump drives
Does it ALWAYS say less than 4GB? Windows formats the drive, and that formatting takes up space. A 4GB drive will never have 4GB available. The same applies to hard drives. A 250GB drive will lose several GBs just in the formatting.
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| Posted 8/4/08 12:29 PM |
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HeathKernandez
Our Ron is an awesome Ron
Member since 4/07 9091 total posts
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baby fish mouth
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Re: Lets talk jump drives
Posted by Blazesyth
Using Windows?
There might be a hidden recycle bin on the drive. If you uncheck 'hide hidden files and folders' under windows explorer tools --> options you may see it - and then can delete it.
Make sure to shift-delete if you really want to delete something, then it won't goto the recycle bin.
that was it!!!
those pesky hidden files [shakes fist]
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| Posted 8/4/08 12:34 PM |
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HeathKernandez
Our Ron is an awesome Ron
Member since 4/07 9091 total posts
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baby fish mouth
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Re: Lets talk jump drives
Posted by GoldenRod
Does it ALWAYS say less than 4GB? Windows formats the drive, and that formatting takes up space. A 4GB drive will never have 4GB available. The same applies to hard drives. A 250GB drive will lose several GBs just in the formatting.
no I know... it actually says 3.73 GB capacity...
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| Posted 8/4/08 12:34 PM |
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Blazesyth
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Re: Lets talk jump drives
Posted by namechange
that was it!!!
those pesky hidden files [shakes fist]
Glad to hear it. GoldenRod had a good suggestion too, after formatting you never have as much space as advertised.
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| Posted 8/4/08 12:45 PM |
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