Re: Cannot delete file on USB HD
fernando liary
all these commands, and then I simply bought Long Path Tool at the address LongPathTool DOT com and
cleaned all unnecessary files.
> On Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:35 AM dratne wrote:
> I am re-using a USB drive, previously on my XP PC, On my new Vista PC. There
> are several old files on it, created by the XP PC, that Vista will not let me
> delete. I removed the "read only" attribute, went to security and made sure
> I had all administrative rights. The file folders have 25 or so number
> filenames. In the folder is a file called "update". It may be a Microsoft
> file. How can I delete these old files? Thanks.
>> On Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:19 PM David wrote:
>> Why dont you try to move all the files you want to save to your primary hard
>> drive, then just go ahead and format the usb one? That would be a simple and
>> easy solution
>>
>> David
>>> On Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:08 PM SG wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Try this...
>>> See if it will let you delete the last Folder or Sub-Folder first, if so,
>>> then delete each one starting from last to first.
>>>
>>> --
>>> All the best,
>>> SG
>>>> On Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:48 PM Scrat wrote:
>>>> Your problem could be this: whatever virus scanner you're using has marked
>>>> it. The very things you are experiencing are synonymous with the situation I
>>>> describe, a situation I recently experienced with BitDefender.
>>>>
>>>> The solution is to turn off virus scanning momentarily. You may find that
>>>> you can then access the file.
>>>>
>>>> Sidebar: as I bitched to BitDefender, these virus scanners absolutely must
>>>> have a "false positives" list maintained by the user. I'm tired of BD
>>>> carping about FILES I CREATE, telling me they are virii, when, of course,
>>>> they aren't.
>>>>
>>>> In the history of software--a sine wave--we are once again in a Dark Age
>>>> trough.
>>>>
>>>> m
>>>>
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