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problem with deleting files off hard drive - files are being deleted immediately

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Col127

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hey guys.

i'm having a weird problem with one of my drives. when i go to delete something, it gives me a "this file will be deleted immediately" dialog box, instead of putting the files into the trash. i understand this happens when you're working off a server, but this drive is local!!

i have four drives in my mac pro, only this drive has this problem. all other drives drop stuff into the trash. what's going on here and how do i fix it?
 
Sounds like a permission problem, try repairing them. Or there is not enough free space on the drive.

TEG
 
Col127 said:
hey guys.

i'm having a weird problem with one of my drives. when i go to delete something, it gives me a "this file will be deleted immediately" dialog box, instead of putting the files into the trash. i understand this happens when you're working off a server, but this drive is local!!

i have four drives in my mac pro, only this drive has this problem. all other drives drop stuff into the trash. what's going on here and how do i fix it?
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in the finder go to Preferences, i think there's an option there where you can turn that dialog box on and off.
 
hmmm, i'll give that a shot. definitely not the free space - there's like 100/200 gb free on the drive.

TEG said:
Sounds like a permission problem, try repairing them. Or there is not enough free space on the drive.

TEG
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can't repair permissions - i didn't install mac os x on this drive.

i did a repair disk, no errors...

any other ideas?
 
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