Reduce recycle bin size to below 1%
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From: Bob I on 11 Jun 2010 11:33 Terry R. wrote: > On 6/10/2010 5:16 PM On a whim, Tim Meddick pounded out on the keyboard > >> But having a Recycle Bin max capacity of 1% on a 120Gb HD resulting in >> 1.2Gb max sixe - is only going to take up that space when files have been >> sent to it (i.e. actually been deleted via Recycle Bin)!! >> >> In other words, if you don't delete 1.2 Gb worth of files (with RB >> enabled) >> then the Recycle Bin is just never going to get full, is it? >> >> The reason you have a setting where one is able to set a maximum size for >> the Bin is to make sure a Recycle Bin full of useless old files cannot >> take >> up too much space on smaller drives that need inventive use of space and >> where space is at a premium. >> >> But when you have a drive-size that has "room to spare" and will never be >> even half-filled.... >> >> If you could make the max-size, say, 500Mb, what then? >> >> There's no benefit to the Recycle Bin reaching the full capacity - >> it's not >> like when you do, whistles and bells go off or that the bin automatically >> does something! >> >> Should the Recycle Bin ever actually reach the max-size you set, no more >> files can be sent to it and will have to permanently deleted, with no >> chance of recovery. >> >> == >> >> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) >> > > > There's something wrong with your comments. I just looked at the RB > size for a particular drive and it was set to 10%. The RB was empty. I > reduced the size to 5% and the available space on the drive increased. > If it doesn't take up the "set" space, then the available space should > have remained the same. > Are you using a FAT32 file system? This doen't happen on my NTFS system.
From: Billns on 11 Jun 2010 12:44 On 6/10/2010 11:31 AM, Mint wrote: > On Jun 10, 12:35 pm, "Badger"<jerry...(a)msn.com> wrote: >> Since the recycle bin expands and contracts as needed, why do you want to >> eliminate it? >> Just curious. >> >> "Mint"<chocolatemint77...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> >> news:34d3ecdd-c04d-4cb5-9318-89a6b9b703a8(a)i28g2000yqa.googlegroups.com... >> >>> Is there a way to reduce the recycle bin size to below 1%? >> >>> Registry changes O.K. >> >>> Thanks. > > See previous reply. > If you really "need" to reduce the recycle bin size because you're running out of disk space (a conjecture, I admit, on my part) then perhaps a larger HD is in order. Personally I don't worry about the recycle bin size as most of the time I use Shift-Delete when I'm "sure" I want to delete a file. I've thought about dispensing with the bin completely but that's a little too drastic. Interesting thread... Bill
From: Tim Meddick on 11 Jun 2010 16:50
Quite often, what you think is an "empty" RB is not empty at all!! This effect has nothing to do with FAT vs. NTFS. The RB can sometimes "hide" deleted files and folders buried within the hidden x:\RECYCLER folder. I don't know WHY the system looses track of deleted objects within the Recycle Bin, but all I know is that it often does. Changing the percentage-size of the RB will completely clear and re-set the Recycle Bin, resulting in the freed-up disk space. I think you will find that, after this initial re-gaining of space, that if you again set the bin's size to 10% or even 50% and back to 1% again, there will be NO noticeable change in available disk-space (other than the normal fluctuations happening all the time due to the system writing logs and such). But you will not loose or regain the same amount of disk-space as you saw before, as the Bin has now been cleared of it's accumulated [hidden] files and folders. To actually "see" what's really inside YOUR Recycle Bin at any time - when you think it's really empty - open a Command Prompt window, and type in the following command : dir /a /o /p /s C:\RECYCLER ...and see for yourself what an "empty" bin looks like. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Terry R." <F1Com(a)NOSPAMpobox.com> wrote in message news:%23ZFemVXCLHA.5808(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > On 6/10/2010 5:16 PM On a whim, Tim Meddick pounded out on the keyboard > >> But having a Recycle Bin max capacity of 1% on a 120Gb HD resulting in >> 1.2Gb max sixe - is only going to take up that space when files have >> been >> sent to it (i.e. actually been deleted via Recycle Bin)!! >> >> In other words, if you don't delete 1.2 Gb worth of files (with RB >> enabled) >> then the Recycle Bin is just never going to get full, is it? >> >> The reason you have a setting where one is able to set a maximum size >> for >> the Bin is to make sure a Recycle Bin full of useless old files cannot >> take >> up too much space on smaller drives that need inventive use of space and >> where space is at a premium. >> >> But when you have a drive-size that has "room to spare" and will never >> be >> even half-filled.... >> >> If you could make the max-size, say, 500Mb, what then? >> >> There's no benefit to the Recycle Bin reaching the full capacity - it's >> not >> like when you do, whistles and bells go off or that the bin >> automatically >> does something! >> >> Should the Recycle Bin ever actually reach the max-size you set, no more >> files can be sent to it and will have to permanently deleted, with no >> chance of recovery. >> >> == >> >> Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) >> > > > There's something wrong with your comments. I just looked at the RB size > for a particular drive and it was set to 10%. The RB was empty. I > reduced the size to 5% and the available space on the drive increased. If > it doesn't take up the "set" space, then the available space should have > remained the same. > > > Terry R. > -- > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. |