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re: Moveable but non-deleteable directory
Saturday, February 8, 2003 at 9:28 pm
Windows 2000 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Bill Jones
(11 messages posted)
I didn't want to move it, I wanted it gone, but it was not deleteable by conventional
means.
However, I have solved the problem of the NTFS undeletable folder.
Apparently i was right about corruption after the folder name on the disk, ahy chkdsk
didn't catch it, I don't know, but anyway what I did was:
a) Download a disk editing tool for NTFS drives, I got lucky on the first application
I downloaded: Runtime's DiskExplorer
for NTFS Demo version, I didn't need a recovery tool, already have one.
The demo version doesn't do recovery, but it allows direct editing of clusters on
the disk, which is all I thought I needed.
b) I strapped on an extra set, 'cause mine were not big enough on their own to get
me to attempt editing clusters on this very important machine's hard drive.
c) Browsed the disk, found the cluster containing the offending folder and the software
allowed me to fill the space containing the garbage with zeros.
d) Looked in Windows explorer...same condition, the folder didn't go away and was
still undeletable, same message. YEAH!
e) ran chkdsk again hopeful that the change would kick it.
As I was hoping, the folder that remained after I edited the disk was only part of
the link to the file that was causing the problem, which was now just zeros, and
chkdsk deleted the remining part(s) of the thing and its now gone gone.
I am victorious!
Hope this helps someone else.
On Saturday, February 8, 2003 at 8:05 am, Bill Jones wrote:
>I had in effect tried this, but did so specifically when I got your post. Still
>won't delete. Get Error Message:
>TITLE: "Error Deleting File or Folder"
>MSG: "Cannot Remove Folder STUPID: The directory name is invalid."
>
>** In my frustration, and testing, I've gotten the folder renamed to "STUPID", cause
>that's what it is. :)
>
>My best guess is that there are illegal characters in the folders name at the end
>that do not show up, which would explain why I can move it around on the same drive,
>'cause its just updating the root path of the folder and not attempting to change
>or delete the folder itself.
>
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