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External harddrive problem (seagate) 1

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whatdoesthismean

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Oct 5, 2007
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AU
I have an external seagate harddrive inside an enclosure. lately there has been a problem.

If i copy files to my harddrive, i can do whatever i want to them, and they aren't corrupt. However, if i delete them, i dont free anymore space. After i ran out of space, ( while the hdd was empty) i formatted it. There is now 75gb free, but the same problem is happening.
 
Depending on the operating system you are using you could have a recycle bin or a trash system that save the deleted files temporarily for you. If you clear the trash bin regulartly you should get your hard disk space back.
 
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