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defraging comp, having a hrd time

by Shakeyhands Jan 16, 2010 2:47PM PST

I have windows XP,PRO, DELL OPTIPLEX GX260.this is a rebuild but thats not a problem,it started with not enough vertual memeroy I fixed that by taking off all my pic'music,all my files and video's and I got back 6.85,GB. now comes the problem i have one framented file thats 193.730 wich comes out to 23.40 GB's,the file is\media\vedio\my Album\video001.avi.

So how do I get to this file to delete it there has to be a way i can do this with out screwing up this comp.
Shakeie

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Hi, Shakeie:

by Osprey4 Jan 20, 2010 9:35AM PST

Deleting files is not going to fix a problem with virtual memory. See this thread for ideas on how to fix your virtual memory problem:
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-6142_102-0.html?threadID=152486

If you are unable to delete a large file, this article may help:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081

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