problem with dvd back ups and hard drive???

[pete7769]

this is a bit of a strange question but im hoping someone here can help, i have just backed up a few dvd's, i am using nero 6 for this and make an image of the disc and then copy to a blank disc, this is all automatic, the the disc image is placed on my slave hard drive, this is completley blank, but since i have copied a few discs i have noticed that it now says the 11.7 gb is being used on the hard drive, i have examined the drive and cant see anyting is on it, i have also defragged thr drive and its still says the same, if i carry on then a few more discs and the hard drive will be full as its only 40gb, yet the drive shows as blank when i explore it, please please please can someone help or recoomend somewhere i can post this in another forum that might help,

Regards Pete

[Capmaster]

Maybe Norton Protection is turned on, if you have that. Or the recycle bin for that drive needs emptying?

Try right-clicking the HD in Explorer, and go to Properties. Then do a "Disc Cleanup" on it. See if tha helps.

If you'd like, I can move this thread to the Computer forum. You will probably get more knowledgeable answers there

[glockjs]

tools>folder options>view...click on to show hidden files and sort through those, might be able to find what your lookin for

[pete7769]

i dont believe it, i looked in norton and for some reason the slave drive was set to protect files, i unset it, then used the unerase option to recover the discs images back onto the drive, i then deleted them from there and hey presto, i have my hard drive back again, i will keep a check on it but thank you very much for the suggestion

[Capmaster]

i dont believe it, i looked in norton and for some reason the slave drive was set to protect files, i unset it, then used the unerase option to recover the discs images back onto the drive, i then deleted them from there and hey presto, i have my hard drive back again, i will keep a check on it but thank you very much for the suggestion

Sweet!