you know your computer is a little too old when..

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you know your computer is a little too old when..

December 11, 2009, 11:45:43 PM

you try to delete a file and this happens:rollin:

I was deleting some music off my external tera drive and my old desktop here just informed my my trash can aint big enough.

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #1 – December 12, 2009, 12:07:26 AM

ehh, I see that particular message a lot lol

Then again, I run xp...so maybe it IS that OS..?

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #2 – December 12, 2009, 12:29:59 AM

This has everything to do with the size of your Recycle Bin and disk space dedicated for it - and not the age of the computer. Right-Click on your Recycle Bin and select Properties. You'll see a slider option with a "maximum size of Recycle Bin (percent of each drive)" value that is adjustable. If the file you're deleting is larger than this setting, then you'll receive that message.

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #3 – December 12, 2009, 03:25:36 AM

That happens every time I delete a netflix dvd from my hard drive.

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #4 – December 12, 2009, 03:52:51 AM

i think the "E:/" LOL that sums it all. FTWMF

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #5 – December 12, 2009, 07:20:55 AM

seen that since windows 95. bin is set to small or your running out of free space to handle the file.

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #6 – December 12, 2009, 08:36:51 AM

Quote from: ~AC;302189

i think the "E:/" LOL that sums it all. FTWMF

hehe, I have an E:, F:, G:, H:, I:, J:, K:, L: drives

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Reply #7 – December 12, 2009, 10:33:00 AM

What's a recycle bin???

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #8 – December 12, 2009, 11:32:35 AM

C:\
c:\dos
c:\dos\run
c:\run\dos\run

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #9 – December 12, 2009, 11:38:55 AM

Haha...I actually just got burned by this, this morning. Yesterday i made the jump to windows 7 on this PC. I partitioned the C drive and created A for all my dospoogeents, pictures, executables, games. About 25 gigs. I had them backed up on another internal drive i generally use for movie storage only so i wanted to get them off of there. Before bed i copy-pasted the folder onto A from there. This morning first thing before really being awake i deleated what i thought was the first copy that i copied from but as things turned out, it was the copy on A drive and as a kicker, i didn't copy-pase last night i cut-paste. Clicking OK was exactly like locking and shutting the car door with your keys inside. (done that only once in my life). Similar feeling.

Oh well, If anyone thinks they know a way to recover that then clue me in but something about the words "permanantly delete" leave me less than optimistic.

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #10 – December 12, 2009, 01:09:46 PM

I D/L a recovery from cnet that locates all the deleted files but have to pay if you want to recover them... I was looking for deleted Mp3 files on a computer I bought, mostly had Michael Jackson, said screw this...

you know your computer is a little too old when..

Reply #11 – December 12, 2009, 01:45:21 PM

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I was looking for deleted Mp3 files on a computer I bought, mostly had Michael Jackson, said screw this...

I know what you were hoping for...dirty old man :hick:

Any chance you know the name of the program?

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Reply #12 – December 12, 2009, 03:01:01 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;302230

Michael Jackson, said screw this...

I'm sure lol

Sorry I couldn't resist

(sorry MJ, you still the king though!)

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Reply #13 – December 12, 2009, 03:12:36 PM

I don't remember the program name but I believe it's still on that computer, I'll check...

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Reply #14 – December 12, 2009, 03:42:48 PM

I actually just put a new system together. AMD Phenom II x4 965 3.4ghz quadcore, Asus am3 board, 4gb ddr3 1333, radeon HD 5770. Its nice but I had to reuse my 120gig ide hard drive from 2003. Its already 75% full.

Windows 7 is pretty nice by the way.