Well, this is definitely the most interesting (and absolutely annoying/frustrating) thing I've seen on the PC. My system specs are in my sig...and this was a clean XP install. I have updated everything. My HDD is the only dated thing in this box but that doesn't mean it should be acting this way. It's a WD Caviar 60GB 7200 RPM (WD600BB) (bought just a little over 2 years ago).
The problem started when I needed to get rid of files to free up some space on the HDD. So I deleted MBs upon MBs of space and the space is not returning. The only time it returns is when I delete large sums of filled space at one time (over 1GB...it used to work deleting something like 400mb-700mb). When I delete let's say 4mb here, another 5-6mb there, it won't recover it. I am going to be getting a new Seagate 7200.9 hopefully but I need this thing to do for now. Any suggestions/ideas? It's as if my harddrive has a blackhole or something.
The problem started when I needed to get rid of files to free up some space on the HDD. So I deleted MBs upon MBs of space and the space is not returning. The only time it returns is when I delete large sums of filled space at one time (over 1GB...it used to work deleting something like 400mb-700mb). When I delete let's say 4mb here, another 5-6mb there, it won't recover it. I am going to be getting a new Seagate 7200.9 hopefully but I need this thing to do for now. Any suggestions/ideas? It's as if my harddrive has a blackhole or something.