memory stick not freeing up space after having removed files

[kali89]

not sure if this is the correct forum, but:

in a memory sick have deleted most files but it sill doesn't show freed-up space..

I dug in, and found all the files I had removed here,
MEMORY_STICK/.Trashes/501/

I'm attempting to remove this 501 dir now, but it's stuck at "Preparing to move to Trash..."
(I also tried removing all files in this 501 dir., but they just wouldn't get deleted..)

I would appreciate any help/suggestions.. thank you..

 

[Raz0rEdge]

Once you drag a set of files from the USB drive to the trash, you need to empty the trash to actually get rid of the files and get the free space back.

 

[pm-r]

I would appreciate any help/suggestions.. thank you..

Make sure you do or try as Ashwin posted, and if that doesn't work, you can always use Disk Utility.app and erase and format the Flash Drive which should delete all data.



- Patrick
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[Raz0rEdge]

+1 to Patrick's suggestion if you want to erase the entire drive. If there's other important stuff on there, you might want to move it elsewhere before doing the erase and then move things back.

BTW, you shouldn't have to look for the hidden trash folder to clear things up. With Finder, you should be able to drag the files to the trash or hit CMD+delete to do the same thing and then just right click the trash and empty before ejecting the drive.

 

[pm-r]

BTW, you shouldn't have to look for the hidden trash folder to clear things up.

+1.
I was wondering why and even how they were doing that.

It reminds me of those horrible DOS days of many years past when I was forced to use a newfounded computer at work.




- Patrick
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[Raz0rEdge]

It reminds me of those horrible DOS days of many years past when I was forced to use a newfounded computer at work.

- Patrick
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DOS along with FAT was so basic, command line or die for sure and it didn't have the various concepts of hidden folders or other things. A blast from the past..

 

[pm-r]

A blast from the past..

I would say that you are far too kind in your comment Ashwin... But I sure hope it stays back in the past, and maybe inside a buried coffin where it can rest in peace.

And maybe add some of the thick DOS manuals into the same coffin that were often needed and kept handy to consult often to get some basic stuff done.



- Patrick
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[Raz0rEdge]

To truly appreciate where you are now, you have to remember where you've been.

 

[kali89]

Once you drag a set of files from the USB drive to the trash, you need to empty the trash to actually get rid of the files and get the free space back.

thank you for Raz0rEdge and pm-r for your responses...

that was it...