Fragments deleted but not gone

[GiganticDays]

I've just noticed a strange thing.
I recently changed the directory in which my images are stored locally and , of course, changed the path within Actinic. Everything was fine until I tried to upload the site at which point I got an error saying there was a file name conflict - two image files had the same name, one with the original path and the other with the new. I scoured the entire catalogue but could not find a reference to the old file path anywhere. Eventually I searched the database directly in Access and found that the old file was referenced in a page fragment which no longer exists, having been situated in a section which was long since deleted. There were other fragments in there which had also been deleted. Now I could simply delete the fragment in Access I suppose, but why is this happening? Anyone got an idea?
Should have said; I have already compacted the database but that didn't help.

[NormanRouxel]

Housekeeping / Purge / Purge Content is meant to permanently remove all deleted items. Did you try this?

Warning: Some people mark Products / Sections as deleted and later undelete them if they return into stock. Don't do a Purge if you use deletion in this way as you'll lose the lot.

[GiganticDays]

Yes, I've already done that but the fragments still appear in the database (although not in Actinic). If memory serves, all of the fragments in question were in a section or sections which were deleted. I assume that the contents of the section(s) would be deleted along with the section.

[NormanRouxel]

Looks like a corrupt database problem. I've no further ideas other than manually deleting these image names from the orphan fragments.

[GiganticDays]

I've manually deleted the offending items from withing Access and it doesn't seem to have caused any problems. Thanks anyway.