Can delete files but not folders from mounted volume (Windows XP Home)

[Stuart]

Hi

Is there any way to delete folders on a Mounted drive in Windows XP
Home Ed - there are previous postings, but didn't seem to be any
solution.

Thanks in Advance

Stuart

From: David Bostock ([email protected])
Subject: Can delete files but not folders from mounted volume?
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Date: 2002-02-17 12:31:20 PST


I recently added a second drive to my XP Home system. The first drive
is
partitioned as C and D. The new drive is set as I: But I also have it
mounted through an NTFS folder under D: called D:\Photos. I can get to
it
either way. Now when I open it from I: I can do anything--delete
files, add,
rename, directories, etc...

But if I access it from D:\Photos, I can delete files, but not
directories.
I get the following error:

Cannot delete folder: Access is denied.

Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the
file is
not currently in use.

Adding to the strangeness...I can access my D: drive as a share even
from my
own pc, and from there I can do anything I want to D:\Photos.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
David


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From: Nic ([email protected])
Subject: Cannot delete Folders when mounted in a Directory ??
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I have XP Pro with three SATA drives, drives C: D: and E:

When I mount Drive D: or E: in an empty NTFS directory in Drive C: to
make it invisible to users, I can create and delete files, I can
create
folders but for some weird reason I can't delete folders in the
mounted
drives, even empty ones I just created. I can create and delete files
in
those new folders, I can delete files at the root but can't delete the
folders themselves.

So I decided to put the drive back into Drive E: and I was able to see
it
at both locations, one mounted in the directory on drive C: called
c:\sparedrive and as drive E: (same drive both locations).

From Drive E: I'm able to delete directories and do whatever in the
drive
as long as it Drive E: but when I go back to c:\sparedrive (same
drive) I
can do everything except delete folders ??? what's weird is that I'm
able
to create and delete files in c:\sparedrive I'm able to create folders
in
c:\sparedrive but can't delete them and the permissions from both
places
are the same. I checked the permissions and I have full ownership and
control.

Why can I delete folders when it's listed as Drive E: but not when I
mount it as a volume it in a NTFS directory ?

 

[Robert Oor]

Stuart schreef:

Hi

Is there any way to delete folders on a Mounted drive in Windows XP
Home Ed - there are previous postings, but didn't seem to be any
solution.

Thanks in Advance

Stuart

From: David Bostock ([email protected])
Subject: Can delete files but not folders from mounted volume?
This is the only article in this thread
View: Original Format
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Date: 2002-02-17 12:31:20 PST


I recently added a second drive to my XP Home system. The first drive
is
partitioned as C and D. The new drive is set as I: But I also have it
mounted through an NTFS folder under D: called D:\Photos. I can get to
it
either way. Now when I open it from I: I can do anything--delete
files, add,
rename, directories, etc...

But if I access it from D:\Photos, I can delete files, but not
directories.
I get the following error:

Cannot delete folder: Access is denied.

Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the
file is
not currently in use.

Adding to the strangeness...I can access my D: drive as a share even
from my
own pc, and from there I can do anything I want to D:\Photos.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.
David


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From: Nic ([email protected])
Subject: Cannot delete Folders when mounted in a Directory ??
This is the only article in this thread
View: Original Format
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Date: 2004-03-12 11:58:28 PST


I have XP Pro with three SATA drives, drives C: D: and E:

When I mount Drive D: or E: in an empty NTFS directory in Drive C: to
make it invisible to users, I can create and delete files, I can
create
folders but for some weird reason I can't delete folders in the
mounted
drives, even empty ones I just created. I can create and delete files
in
those new folders, I can delete files at the root but can't delete the
folders themselves.

So I decided to put the drive back into Drive E: and I was able to see
it
at both locations, one mounted in the directory on drive C: called
c:\sparedrive and as drive E: (same drive both locations).

From Drive E: I'm able to delete directories and do whatever in the
drive
as long as it Drive E: but when I go back to c:\sparedrive (same
drive) I
can do everything except delete folders ??? what's weird is that I'm
able
to create and delete files in c:\sparedrive I'm able to create folders
in
c:\sparedrive but can't delete them and the permissions from both
places
are the same. I checked the permissions and I have full ownership and
control.

Why can I delete folders when it's listed as Drive E: but not when I
mount it as a volume it in a NTFS directory ?

If you had been using linux I would say change owner permissions but I don
know how to do that on WXP

 

[argistof]

re: delete from mounted media

The answer is because windows uses a hidden system folder for the recycle bin on the root of the drive. When you delete something when the drive is mounted as a root drive the folder is there and has no problem cause it finds that hidden system folder. However when it's mounted as a sub folder of NTFS system, it tries to utilize the recycle bin of the root drive and is unable to, so it throws the error

The work around is to hold shift+delete to bypass the recycle bin, or cmd -> rd (shift+del is easiest).