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Hard drive won't free up space after deleting files

Discussion in 'Storage and Networking' started by morboz, Feb 28, 2013.

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  1. morboz Newcomer, in training

    I have a Seagate ST500DM002 using windows 7.
    it shows around 150GB free space, when I delete files from it (not to recycle bin), it still shows the same amount of free space, even after restart, any advice?
    morboz, Feb 28, 2013
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  2. Tmagic650 TS Ambassador Posts: 18,759   +62

    This is a 500GB drive, right? How is it configured, as a boot or spare drive?
    Tmagic650, Mar 4, 2013
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