Jerry said:
You open a DOS box and use deltree sam
Deltree is not an XP command, and if you booted a version of DOS on most XP
systems it won't find the drive as DOS can't normally read NTFS drives
without 3rd party drivers, and the "free" drivers are sometimes read only,
which won't help here.
As noted elsewhere, start with renaming folders to shorter names to shorten
the path, using single letters. You may need to use a command prompt
(start, run, cmd) to do this.
If it isn't at the root of the drive, move it there - that can shorten the
filename significantly.
Also, the "subst" command can be used to shorten the path name enough to
delete the trailing portion. But if there are files there, simply removing
the directory may fail, and you have to navigate further till you find the
file and delete it.
The "dir /s >> list.txt" command will make a text file that you can then
open to find the file. You can *also* use file this to create the next
command, to shorten the path.
for example, "subst x: "c:\documents and settings\your account name "" will
make that path x: which saves a number of characters. Notice the quotes
around "c:\documents and settings\your account name" - you must use quotes
around path names that have spaces. Take the path section from the "dir/s
The "tools, map network drive" option in Explorer may also help with this.
Be sure the virus is no longer running before you do this. Disconnect from
any networks.
And of course, in your example, you're using a forward slash, which is an
invalid character for XP filenames.
HTH
-pk
