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[flyingfisch]

I have just discovered that when you delete files on your prizm via <{GNULINUX}> (I cannot verify whether this happens with windows or not), <{GNULINUX}> will create a directory called ".Trash-1000" and move all deleted files there. You will lose disk space on your prizm and not know why.

Since it is a hidden folder, you may be completely unaware of this. On the calculator the folder name reads ".Tra". The only way I know of fixing this is deleting it by using the file manager on the prizm itself.

Just thought this information may be useful.

EDIT:

The folks at omnimaga have notified me of two other ways to bypass this.

1. Empty trash before ejecting drive.
OR
2. Use Shift+Delete.

[helder7]

none problems in windows 7

[flyingfisch]

none problems in windows 7

OK, it must be a <{GNULINUX}> external device thing then.

[MicroPro]

Actually Windows doesn't have a "recycle-bin" system for USB sticks and always permanently deletes files on them.

This appears to have been useful on the Prizm though!

[Forty-Two]

OK, it must be a <{GNULINUX}> external device thing then.

You mean ubuntu linux. Fedora handles it normally, unlike that distro. (It probably thinks it's "helping" you since you can restore the old files)

[JosJuice]

I haven't used my Prizm in anything other than Windows yet, but I've seen the .Trash-999 folder appear on other flash drives I've used. It can be displayed in Nautilus by pressing Ctrl+H.