recycle bin won't delete corrupter folder !!

[someone watching]

there is a folder I deleted in the recycle bin which will not delete.
Can someone tell me how to force it to be deleted ... somehow maybe at
startup before the OS gets a firm hold on things or something ??

thanks

 

[John John - MVP]

Try deleting the recycler folder(s), Windows will recreate it when you
reboot. From a command prompt issue the following command:

rd /s /q c:\recycler

You need administrator privileges to run the command. If you have more
than one drive you will have to issue the command for each drive,
changing the c: with the appropriate drive letter. If you have more
than one user on the machine all recycle bins will be emptied.

John

 

[someone watching]

Hi John

Tried the suggestion but an error comes back saying:
c:\recycled\DC25 - The Directory is not empty

Then on the desktop another error appears saying
CORRUPT FILE
The file or directory \recycled\dc25\erdnt.exe is corrupt or unreadable.
Please run chkdsk utility.

Now I'm at a loss. Can you tell me how to proceed?

TIA
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[John John - MVP]

Reboot the machine, the command may have deleted the Recycle Bin despite
the error message.

To run a Chkdsk run the following command at the Command Prompt:

chkdsk c: /f

You will get a message telling that chkdsk cannot gain exclusive access
to the disk and it will ask you if you want chkdsk to run when the
computer reboots, answer Y.

Please note that there is always a risk of data loss when chkdsk is run.
Also note that chkdsk can take a long time to run to completion, it
can take hours to run if you have lots of files on the disk, be prepared
to let chkdsk run to completion, never interrupt a chkdsk in progress.

John

 

[someone watching]

Tried the suggestion for chkdsk and still no results. The disk shows OK
.... so ... got out the trustworthy DOS BOOT DISK, added DELTREE to it
and proceeded with that. Worked like a charm to remove 'c:\recycled' !!

BTW; FYI, the setup here is new and rather unusual in that the OS is
loaded on a laptop (X31 Thinkpad) using a 8GB CF (compact flash) card.
Blows away HDD performance but isn't bullet proof yet. There have been a
few instances where the PC has just locked-up and I'm not sure why. It's
likely those abrupt halts etc have caused the corruption.

Thanks again for the help, these groups and those that help are a great
asset!
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