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From: Mark on 24 Jul 2010 17:45 On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:45:36 +0100, Mark wrote (in article <0001HW.C8710170000D6753B01AD9AF(a)eu.Usenet-News.net>): > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:27:02 +0100, Jim wrote > (in article <1jm5i16.1qrcbkg13p8n7iN%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>): > >> Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB USB memory stick formatted as MS-DOS (FAT). If >>> I >>> delete anything off it, the space is not freed up - I have to erase it in >>> Disk Utility to be able to use it again. Anyone know why the space isn't >>> freed up if I delete the contents? >> >> I've fallen for this - you have to empty the trash. It's not erased >> immediately. >> >> Jim >> > Ah!! Will give that a try - thanks > > Mark > Well look at that - thanks! Mark
From: Mark on 24 Jul 2010 17:45 On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:45:03 +0100, Mark wrote (in article <0001HW.C871014F000D5F8AB01AD9AF(a)eu.Usenet-News.net>): > On Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:23:32 +0100, zoara wrote > (in article <213607008301692161.385224me18-privacy.net(a)news.individual.net>): > >> Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> I have a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB USB memory stick formatted as MS-DOS >>> (FAT). If I >>> delete anything off it, the space is not freed up - I have to erase it >>> in >>> Disk Utility to be able to use it again. Anyone know why the space >>> isn't >>> freed up if I delete the contents? >> >> Just to rule out the obvious... You *are* emptying the trash, aren't >> you? >> >> -z- >> > Er.. no! Didn't realise... > > Mark > Well look at that - thanks! Mark
From: Jim on 24 Jul 2010 19:34 Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>> I have a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB USB memory stick formatted as MS-DOS (FAT). If > >>> I > >>> delete anything off it, the space is not freed up - I have to erase it in > >>> Disk Utility to be able to use it again. Anyone know why the space isn't > >>> freed up if I delete the contents? > >> > >> I've fallen for this - you have to empty the trash. It's not erased > >> immediately. > >> > >> Jim > >> > > Ah!! Will give that a try - thanks > > > > Mark > > > Well look at that - thanks! It's one of those "duh!" moments, isn't it? :-) Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Mark on 25 Jul 2010 04:03 On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:34:39 +0100, Jim wrote (in article <1jm5tk2.1tu9q48ei6j0iN%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>): > Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> I have a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB USB memory stick formatted as MS-DOS (FAT). >>>>> If >>>>> I >>>>> delete anything off it, the space is not freed up - I have to erase it in >>>>> Disk Utility to be able to use it again. Anyone know why the space isn't >>>>> freed up if I delete the contents? >>>> >>>> I've fallen for this - you have to empty the trash. It's not erased >>>> immediately. >>>> >>>> Jim >>>> >>> Ah!! Will give that a try - thanks >>> >>> Mark >>> >> Well look at that - thanks! > > It's one of those "duh!" moments, isn't it? :-) > > Jim > It is! Can't help thinking that in the back of my mind I knew this - it /must/ have cropped up before now... Mark
From: Mike Lane on 25 Jul 2010 05:50
Jim wrote on Jul 24, 2010: > Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have a SanDisk Cruzer 4GB USB memory stick formatted as MS-DOS (FAT). If I >> delete anything off it, the space is not freed up - I have to erase it in >> Disk Utility to be able to use it again. Anyone know why the space isn't >> freed up if I delete the contents? > > I've fallen for this - you have to empty the trash. It's not erased > immediately. > > Jim > It's actually still on the disk in an invisible folder named .Trashes (until you empty the trash). I use a utility called 'Blue Harvest' which automatically removes all invisible files from any non-Mac formatted disks. Then anything erased goes immediately. Of course you can't then recover it if you make a mistake -- Mike Lane UK North Yorkshire mike_lane at mac dot com |