FFXI Uninstallation problems

Xirix · Post by **Xirix** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:07 pm

I know I really should just contact Square on this, but somebody here might know the answer.. I've recently uninstalled FFXI to put it on my second harddrive, I remembered to shut down all the background programs and disable Norton Professional.. but I forgot one thing, I didn't disable the stupid Norton Protection on the Recycle bin.. so instead of getting 5 GB freed on my HD.. I have 500 megabytes, and that was just from continuely " Emptying Norton Protected Files ".. I've also Defragged, done a disk cleanup.. nothing seems to get me my space back. I've had this problem before ages ago but I can't remember how to fix it.. anyone else had this kind of problem before?

UrzaPlanezwalker · Post by **UrzaPlanezwalker** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:16 pm

I didnt have that problem when i un-installed it, but i believe you can remove the protection from the recycleing bin in norton's settings.

also, dont forget to delete the file in the program files folder (assumeing you did this, but just mentioning it to be sure)

also, post this in the computer forum next time pls.

Xirix · Post by **Xirix** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:09 pm

Yeah that did nothing unforunately :/.. I'll repost this in Computer forum.

Xirix · Post by **Xirix** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:11 pm

Reposted from General Chat.

I know I really should just contact Square on this, but somebody here might know the answer.. I've recently uninstalled FFXI to put it on my second harddrive, I remembered to shut down all the background programs and disable Norton Professional.. but I forgot one thing, I didn't disable the stupid Norton Protection on the Recycle bin.. so instead of getting 5 GB freed on my HD.. I have 500 megabytes, and that was just from continuely " Emptying Norton Protected Files ".. I've also Defragged, done a disk cleanup.. nothing seems to get me my space back. I've had this problem before ages ago but I can't remember how to fix it.. anyone else had this kind of problem before?

XenoWolf · Post by **XenoWolf** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:19 pm

Don't double post, ever.

Mista · Post by **Mista** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:26 pm

What!? You don't uninstall FFXI!! Blasphemy!!

Xirix · Post by **Xirix** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:03 pm

" to put it on my second HardDrive " ;[ I really don't understand where my HD space has gone, I uninstalled it all from Add/Remove programs, I've turned off the Norton Bin now and nothing has happened, I removed the empty Playonline folder from Program files.. geh.

Sir Spankspeople · Post by **Sir Spankspeople** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:01 pm

Did you remove the settings and saved games and whatnot on c:\documents and settings\wherever the frell FFXI puts its settings\ ?

Xirix · Post by **Xirix** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:06 pm

It said it uninstalled everything when I did it, and I just checked and did a search... there's nothing remotely FFXI left, which is why I'm so confused right now.

KaymeeraUnleashed · Post by **KaymeeraUnleashed** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:36 pm

Didja check inside the game installation folder? Sounds kinda obvious but wth...

dmpotter · Post by **dmpotter** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 3:59 pm

Try running Disk Cleanup on C:. Open the properties and just hit the Disk Cleanup button. See what it comes up with. It might be able to restore some space.

Otherwise, try going to the Tools tab and run the Error Checking program. It's possible that the files were deleted but never "reclaimed" so that they're still taking up space, but just invisible.

There are more extreme options to try after those, but those are the safest.

Xirix · Post by **Xirix** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:06 pm

How extreme are we talking here? Just ran the error check fully, and Disk cleanup.. to no avail.. I'm willing to try other methods as long as they're not TOO dangerous to my computer.

Plaz · Post by **Plaz** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 6:59 pm

Format! BWAHAHAHA!

You might try a checkdisk assuming you're on windows xp. That usually frees up leftover file fragments and whatnot. chkdsk /f/r in your run command. It's my best friend, though it takes a freaking lifetime to run.

dmpotter · Post by **dmpotter** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:30 pm

The first thing to try next is to see if the files are still there, but hidden. This assumes Norton doesn't do anything too screwy with the file system and just hides copies of the files.

Go to Tools, Folder Options, then to the View tab. Choose "Show hidden files and folders" and clear the checkbox for "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)". Go to the directory and see if the files are there.

If they aren't, you can then go back to Disk Cleanup and go to the More Options tab and choose the Clean Up option under System Restore.

KaymeeraUnleashed · Post by **KaymeeraUnleashed** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 8:57 pm

I'm thinking temp - I only ever used Norton AV but maybe yours makes backups of C:\ files? Also maybe something like windows restore or something has kept a backup?

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