Deleting Torrent downloads from my hard drive!!!!

crp6652 · 03-08-2009, 04:29 AM

Hi everybody. I had a question. It kinda sounds like a dumb one but I think i may be doing something wrong. I download torrent movies from mininova.com and websites like that. After i download them, I transfer them from my laptops hard drive to an external 1TB hard drive i recently purchased. I then delete them from my laptops hard drive because they take up alot of space. What is the correct way to delete them. All I do is find them in My Computer, right-click them, and hit delete. Then I go into the recycle bin and empty it. Is this the proper way to do it. I dont think I am getting back all the space that the file once took up. Please let me know.
Thanks
Chris

Sheringan · 03-08-2009, 04:51 AM

I didn't quite get what you really mean but that's basically it if you want to delete things and restore the memory space.

**johnb35** · 03-08-2009, 05:22 AM

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Originally Posted by crp6652

Hi everybody. I had a question. It kinda sounds like a dumb one but I think i may be doing something wrong. I download torrent movies from mininova.com and websites like that. After i download them, I transfer them from my laptops hard drive to an external 1TB hard drive i recently purchased. I then delete them from my laptops hard drive because they take up alot of space. What is the correct way to delete them. All I do is find them in My Computer, right-click them, and hit delete. Then I go into the recycle bin and empty it. Is this the proper way to do it. I dont think I am getting back all the space that the file once took up. Please let me know.
Thanks
Chris

That is the correct way.

03-08-2009, 04:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
crp6652 Bronze Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 25	Deleting Torrent downloads from my hard drive!!!! Hi everybody. I had a question. It kinda sounds like a dumb one but I think i may be doing something wrong. I download torrent movies from mininova.com and websites like that. After i download them, I transfer them from my laptops hard drive to an external 1TB hard drive i recently purchased. I then delete them from my laptops hard drive because they take up alot of space. What is the correct way to delete them. All I do is find them in My Computer, right-click them, and hit delete. Then I go into the recycle bin and empty it. Is this the proper way to do it. I dont think I am getting back all the space that the file once took up. Please let me know. Thanks Chris

03-08-2009, 04:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Sheringan Bronze Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Alberta Age: 28 Posts: 42	I didn't quite get what you really mean but that's basically it if you want to delete things and restore the memory space. __________________ Angry PC User Breaking His Computer After Losing at the Lottery! - Click Here

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