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y2krog2000
29-12-2006, 03:16 PM
I was moving some music onto my external hard drive and it stopped with an error message saying it couldnt move one of the files but it has left a folder on my external hard drive that I cant remove every time I go to delete it it says that the folder is not empty and every time I try to open the folder it says that its not accessible and says below that "the file or directory is corrupted and unreadable". Does anyone know how I can delete this folder.

mcfisco
29-12-2006, 03:55 PM
Click
Start > Run
Type in cmd & hit enter
Type in the drive letter followed by a colon ie F:
Then simply type del folowed by the folder name ie del temp
if the folder name has spaces in it you must enclose the name with a pair or quote marks ie del "temp folder"
If you're unsure of the file name or you want to check if it's been deleted type dir at the F: command
If you need to display it a page at a time type dir /p

y2krog2000
29-12-2006, 03:56 PM
Check disk fixed it after the second attempt.