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Mark Moore · December 15th, 2002, 01:27 AM

I have a DELL, 1.9mhz; 256 ram; 40g HD (for programs) and a 100g HD (7200) for video (as the "E" drive).

I have deleted all raw footage from the E drive and only have left a few titles, tests and avi files. Here is my question.

When I go to MY COMPUTER, click on the "E" drive, I come up with the files mentioned above and they total a little less than 3 gig.

However, when I go to PREMIERE 6.0 (or PINNACLE 7.15), where my "E" drive is the default capture drive - both programs show that I have used 52gig of that drive (with 48 gig or so remaining).

I swear, I can't find 52 gig on that drive, but only the 3 gig mentioned above. Any suggestions on where to look? Do either of those editing programs leave 'hidden files' on a HD?

I am so confused! I have a 2.5 hour play to edit and can't capture the video, because I don't have enough space.

Thanks in adance for any suggestions.

Andrew Leigh · December 15th, 2002, 01:57 AM

Hi Mark,

most strange. I have just duplicated what you have done and My Computer and Premiere agree on the size available.

Do you have partitions ?

Try My Computer, View, Folder Options, View and under Files and Folders select all files. Check that you don't have hidden files and that your Premiere preview files are not hidden somewhere.

Cheers
Andrew

Henrik Bengtsson · December 15th, 2002, 03:24 AM

Also.. i assume you have deleted the files and not just sent them to the trashbin. In the later case you have to empty that first to retrieve all the storage space.

Also see if Premiere have any cached files anywhere that might be taking up space.

Aaron Koolen · December 15th, 2002, 04:30 AM

As Henrik said, check your recycle bin. The files still take up space unless you deleted them proper (shift delete) or emptied the recycle bin.

Mark Moore · December 15th, 2002, 10:12 AM

You all are geniuses! I never thought to empty the recycle bin, so I did and - PRESTO - the numbers now match.

Thanks a bunch. This was driving me CRAZY!

Rob Lohman · December 16th, 2002, 07:45 AM

One of the many reasons why I don't have/use the trashbin.
Sometimes this can also happen when a partition becomes
corrupt (this SHOULD only happen with FAT partitions and not
NTFS -> another reason to use NTFS, besides the no filesize
limit)

December 15th, 2002, 01:27 AM	#1
Mark Moore Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 301	A Computer Question I have a DELL, 1.9mhz; 256 ram; 40g HD (for programs) and a 100g HD (7200) for video (as the "E" drive). I have deleted all raw footage from the E drive and only have left a few titles, tests and avi files. Here is my question. When I go to MY COMPUTER, click on the "E" drive, I come up with the files mentioned above and they total a little less than 3 gig. However, when I go to PREMIERE 6.0 (or PINNACLE 7.15), where my "E" drive is the default capture drive - both programs show that I have used 52gig of that drive (with 48 gig or so remaining). I swear, I can't find 52 gig on that drive, but only the 3 gig mentioned above. Any suggestions on where to look? Do either of those editing programs leave 'hidden files' on a HD? I am so confused! I have a 2.5 hour play to edit and can't capture the video, because I don't have enough space. Thanks in adance for any suggestions. __________________ Mark Moore Sugar Free Productions

December 15th, 2002, 01:57 AM	#2
Andrew Leigh Major Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Johannesburg, South Africa Posts: 220	Hi Mark, most strange. I have just duplicated what you have done and My Computer and Premiere agree on the size available. Do you have partitions ? Try My Computer, View, Folder Options, View and under Files and Folders select all files. Check that you don't have hidden files and that your Premiere preview files are not hidden somewhere. Cheers Andrew __________________ PAL XL-1, DV Raptor, Premiere TOTAL AMATEUR - DOING IT FOR THE FUN

December 15th, 2002, 03:24 AM	#3
Henrik Bengtsson Regular Crew Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Borås, Sweden Posts: 167	Also.. i assume you have deleted the files and not just sent them to the trashbin. In the later case you have to empty that first to retrieve all the storage space. Also see if Premiere have any cached files anywhere that might be taking up space. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henrik "HuBBa" Bengtsson, Imaginara Fotographia,http://www.imaginara.se

December 15th, 2002, 10:12 AM	#5
Mark Moore Major Player Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North Carolina Posts: 301	You all are geniuses! I never thought to empty the recycle bin, so I did and - PRESTO - the numbers now match. Thanks a bunch. This was driving me CRAZY! __________________ Mark Moore Sugar Free Productions

December 16th, 2002, 07:45 AM	#6
Rob Lohman RED Code Chef Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Holland Posts: 12,514	One of the many reasons why I don't have/use the trashbin. Sometimes this can also happen when a partition becomes corrupt (this SHOULD only happen with FAT partitions and not NTFS -> another reason to use NTFS, besides the no filesize limit) __________________ Rob Lohman, visuar@iname.com DV Info Wrangler & RED Code Chef Join the DV Challenge \| Lady X Search DVinfo.net for quick answers \| Buy from the best: DVinfo.net sponsors

December 15th, 2002, 04:30 AM	#4
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	As Henrik said, check your recycle bin. The files still take up space unless you deleted them proper (shift delete) or emptied the recycle bin.

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