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<blockquote data-quote="Herrin811" data-source="post: 1287228" data-attributes="member: 193511"><p>Im running an Ubuntu VM with Virtualbox inside Lion...My vm only had a couple of gigs of space left, and I need to process a 10gb file...I put the file into my shared folder on the host and edited the file in the vm...When I was done, I deleted the old files from the shared folder...Strangely they didn't go to OSX trash nor the Ubuntu trash...</p><p></p><p>Later on I tried to run Time Machine and it said I didn't have enough space...After checking things out, the used portion of my disk had swelled by 35gb! I noticed the shared folder reported 35.1 gb in 0 files....35gb of "trash" files were hidden in the shared folder...I was able to see them in OSX and in Ubuntu, but I was only able to delete them in OSX....</p><p></p><p>Now the folder says its has 250k with 0 files...But Istatpro still shows me having the extra 35gb of space being used...I can't find the files anywhere in finder (hidden files visible) so Im wondering why/where there is still 35gb of space being used up????</p><p></p><p>Can anyone help get my disk space back?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Herrin811, post: 1287228, member: 193511"] Im running an Ubuntu VM with Virtualbox inside Lion...My vm only had a couple of gigs of space left, and I need to process a 10gb file...I put the file into my shared folder on the host and edited the file in the vm...When I was done, I deleted the old files from the shared folder...Strangely they didn't go to OSX trash nor the Ubuntu trash... Later on I tried to run Time Machine and it said I didn't have enough space...After checking things out, the used portion of my disk had swelled by 35gb! I noticed the shared folder reported 35.1 gb in 0 files....35gb of "trash" files were hidden in the shared folder...I was able to see them in OSX and in Ubuntu, but I was only able to delete them in OSX.... Now the folder says its has 250k with 0 files...But Istatpro still shows me having the extra 35gb of space being used...I can't find the files anywhere in finder (hidden files visible) so Im wondering why/where there is still 35gb of space being used up???? Can anyone help get my disk space back? [/QUOTE]
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