Got the message that C: was getting full so I deleted a bunch of stuff, but it was still showing up as full. So I did a file search for all .mp3s, .AVIs, etc. and a ton of files showed up. Thing is, I deleted all of them at various points over the past several months. It showed, for example, that filename.avi was on the desktop. But it's not. (And I can't delete them from the search window. It keeps saying it can't and asking if I want to try again.) They do still seem to be factoring into the free space count. Anyone ever have this problem before?

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Incidentally, going through Disc Cleanup doesn't make any difference. If no one can help, I'm going to reformat the drive and reinstall the software, which I'd like to avoid.

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It is possible that you have  a corrupt Recycle Bin.

To re-build it, start Windows Explorer, "show hidden files" and "show system files".

In the root of C: find $recycle.bin and delete it - the Recycle Bin will be recreated 
when you re-boot.

Then try deleting a file, emptying the Recycle Bin, and verifying that its truly 
gone.

Good luck.

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Also these things can show up because of shadow/restore points saved. The restore 
points you can loose by just turning off system restore. I have had it take a couple 
of days worth of normal rebooting and general daily work for them to totally eliminate 
themselves. The shadow function I would have to study/refresh my mind on , but this 
is more of an instantaneous storage and I don't think that is your problem and right 
off the top of my head, I don't think it can be turned off.
Try turning the sys. restore off and giving it a day or two. Also have you done the 
SP1 update and not dumped the backup files for that? That is somewhere around 30-60 
meg. of backup files. A few months back I tried to remind everyone and they all laughed! 
If you have a second drive try putting the sys restore on it rather than your primary. 
Also there are ways to limit/control the size of the restore file. I seriously doubt 
you have any real problem other than some cleanup. Also, do you have IE set to dump 
the web files from it's saved folder?

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Didn't work, I'm afraid. You could, however, still be right. Since I can't delete anything properly, how can I be sure I really deleted $recycle.bin?

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Well, it was just an idea - sorry it didn't work.

I suppose you could boot to a command prompt and try deleting it from there ?

If the "real" problem is corruption of the delete function then you may well need 
a re-install to fix that corruption :-((

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