deleting user data files

[hippy]

i keep running my disk defrag and at the bottom there are alot of fragmented
old files mostly old downloaded movies which are located in a user data
folder how do i delete them,I need to know as they are quite large and i need
the space

[Bob I]

Take ownership of the folder if necessary and delete them. Also see Take
Ownership, in Windows Help and Support.

hippy wrote:

> i keep running my disk defrag and at the bottom there are alot of fragmented
> old files mostly old downloaded movies which are located in a user data
> folder how do i delete them,I need to know as they are quite large and i need
> the space

[Mike Williams]

hippy wrote:
> i keep running my disk defrag and at the bottom there are alot of fragmented
> old files mostly old downloaded movies which are located in a user data
> folder how do i delete them,I need to know as they are quite large and i need
> the space

If you know what and where they are, why not just delete them in Explorer?

[BMXbuddy]

I've bought it as 512mb but once i've plugged it in it reports a 484mb
capacity. When i try to format it, 484 is the only format size the drop down
menu offers. Is this something to do with xp formating issues? Or some sort
of false product representation? The flashstick is completely empty.

[Vince]

Because of formating. It takes space.

My 512 registers 488.

Same with a floppy. 1.44 registers as 1.38 and hard drives always register
less than they actually are.


"BMXbuddy" > wrote in message
...
> I've bought it as 512mb but once i've plugged it in it reports a 484mb
> capacity. When i try to format it, 484 is the only format size the drop
down
> menu offers. Is this something to do with xp formating issues? Or some
sort
> of false product representation? The flashstick is completely empty.

[hippy]

I've tried looking for them and i cant find then as it wont let me open the
USERDATA folder

"Mike Williams" wrote:

> hippy wrote:
> > i keep running my disk defrag and at the bottom there are alot of fragmented
> > old files mostly old downloaded movies which are located in a user data
> > folder how do i delete them,I need to know as they are quite large and i need
> > the space
>
> If you know what and where they are, why not just delete them in Explorer?
>

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Vince wrote:

> Because of formating. It takes space.
>
> My 512 registers 488.
>
> Same with a floppy. 1.44 registers as 1.38 and hard drives always
> register less than they actually are.


Nope, it has nothing to do with formatting. All hard drive manufacturers
define 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes, while the rest of the computer world,
including Windows, defines it as 2 to the 30th power (1,073,741,824) bytes.
So, for example, a 120 billion byte drive is actually a little under 112GB.
Some people point out that the official international standard defines the
"G" of GB as one billion, not 1,073,741,824. Correct though they are, using
the binary value of GB is so well established in the computer world that I
consider using the decimal value of a billion to be deceptive marketing.

The same is true of thumb drives and floppies. A standard floppy, for
example, holds 1.38MB, which is the same as 1.44 million bytes. (The
unformatted size of that floppy is actually 2MB).

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup


> "BMXbuddy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> I've bought it as 512mb but once i've plugged it in it reports a
>> 484mb capacity. When i try to format it, 484 is the only format size
>> the drop down menu offers. Is this something to do with xp formating
>> issues? Or some sort of false product representation? The flashstick
>> is completely empty.

[Bob I]

Please read the product information
http://www.pny.com/products/flash/attache.asp

* Please note: For Flash Media Devices, 1 megabyte = 1 million bytes; 1
gigabyte = 1 billion bytes.
Actual useable capacity may vary. Some of the listed capacity is used
for formatting and other functions,
and thus is not available for data storage.

BMXbuddy wrote:
> I've bought it as 512mb but once i've plugged it in it reports a 484mb
> capacity. When i try to format it, 484 is the only format size the drop down
> menu offers. Is this something to do with xp formating issues? Or some sort
> of false product representation? The flashstick is completely empty.

[Vince]

Someone explained it to me wrong long ago then when I first started learning
computers and I never even realised. Since it was never an issue for me and
I never seen the question again till today I just never looked any deeper
believing and trusting that the tech I learned that part of my knowledge
from was correct. Been working on and building computers for many people
including my job for many years. Guess you learn someting every day.

Just goes to show you how easy it is to ket mislead with all of the things
there are to know about computers.

Thanks for the correction. Thats a mistake I will never make again.


"Ken Blake, MVP" > wrote in message
...
> Vince wrote:
>
> > Because of formating. It takes space.
> >
> > My 512 registers 488.
> >
> > Same with a floppy. 1.44 registers as 1.38 and hard drives always
> > register less than they actually are.
>
>
> Nope, it has nothing to do with formatting. All hard drive manufacturers
> define 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes, while the rest of the computer world,
> including Windows, defines it as 2 to the 30th power (1,073,741,824)
bytes.
> So, for example, a 120 billion byte drive is actually a little under
112GB.
> Some people point out that the official international standard defines the
> "G" of GB as one billion, not 1,073,741,824. Correct though they are,
using
> the binary value of GB is so well established in the computer world that I
> consider using the decimal value of a billion to be deceptive marketing.
>
> The same is true of thumb drives and floppies. A standard floppy, for
> example, holds 1.38MB, which is the same as 1.44 million bytes. (The
> unformatted size of that floppy is actually 2MB).
>
> --
> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
> Please reply to the newsgroup
>
>
> > "BMXbuddy" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >> I've bought it as 512mb but once i've plugged it in it reports a
> >> 484mb capacity. When i try to format it, 484 is the only format size
> >> the drop down menu offers. Is this something to do with xp formating
> >> issues? Or some sort of false product representation? The flashstick
> >> is completely empty.
>
>

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Vince wrote:

> Someone explained it to me wrong long ago then when I first started
> learning computers and I never even realised. Since it was never an
> issue for me and I never seen the question again till today I just
> never looked any deeper believing and trusting that the tech I
> learned that part of my knowledge from was correct. Been working on
> and building computers for many people including my job for many
> years. Guess you learn someting every day.
>
> Just goes to show you how easy it is to ket mislead with all of the
> things there are to know about computers.
>
> Thanks for the correction. Thats a mistake I will never make again.


You're welcome. Glad to help.

--
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup



> "Ken Blake, MVP" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Vince wrote:
>>
>>> Because of formating. It takes space.
>>>
>>> My 512 registers 488.
>>>
>>> Same with a floppy. 1.44 registers as 1.38 and hard drives always
>>> register less than they actually are.
>>
>>
>> Nope, it has nothing to do with formatting. All hard drive
>> manufacturers define 1GB as 1,000,000,000 bytes, while the rest of
>> the computer world, including Windows, defines it as 2 to the 30th
>> power (1,073,741,824) bytes. So, for example, a 120 billion byte
>> drive is actually a little under 112GB. Some people point out that
>> the official international standard defines the "G" of GB as one
>> billion, not 1,073,741,824. Correct though they are, using the
>> binary value of GB is so well established in the computer world that
>> I consider using the decimal value of a billion to be deceptive
>> marketing.
>>
>> The same is true of thumb drives and floppies. A standard floppy, for
>> example, holds 1.38MB, which is the same as 1.44 million bytes. (The
>> unformatted size of that floppy is actually 2MB).
>>
>> --
>> Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
>> Please reply to the newsgroup
>>
>>
>>> "BMXbuddy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> I've bought it as 512mb but once i've plugged it in it reports a
>>>> 484mb capacity. When i try to format it, 484 is the only format
>>>> size the drop down menu offers. Is this something to do with xp
>>>> formating issues? Or some sort of false product representation?
>>>> The flashstick is completely empty.