December 11th 03, 10:28 AM
try to undelete the file, open the file in an editor and
truncate the file to 0 size. then delete the file again.
>-----Original Message-----
>I deleted a file and then went to the recycle bin and
deleted it from there.
>I noticed the disk space had not been freed up (it's a
bit file - 800MB+)
>even though the file was deleted and the recycle bin was
empty. I hit 'Empty
>the recycle bin' again and it came up with 'Are you sure
you want to delete
>WINDOWS?'
>
>If I say yes then it says 'Cannot delete Dc7: Access is
denied.'
>
>What the heck is going on here?
>
>
>Jay
>
>
>.
>
truncate the file to 0 size. then delete the file again.
>-----Original Message-----
>I deleted a file and then went to the recycle bin and
deleted it from there.
>I noticed the disk space had not been freed up (it's a
bit file - 800MB+)
>even though the file was deleted and the recycle bin was
empty. I hit 'Empty
>the recycle bin' again and it came up with 'Are you sure
you want to delete
>WINDOWS?'
>
>If I say yes then it says 'Cannot delete Dc7: Access is
denied.'
>
>What the heck is going on here?
>
>
>Jay
>
>
>.
>