Cant Delete Corrupted Files

[Sam]

(sorry if this message already exists..I posted it yesterday but didn't show
up?..so reposting)


I backed up (copied) a bunch of pics from an internal drive to a USB2
connected External drive.The transfer choked on some crw and tif files
(?large file sizes) and said unable to complete copying all pics as delayed
write error or something. I tried to start over but it said I couldn't
replace these particular copied files as they were "corrupt". I tried to
delete them,rename them, shift+Delete them,and reboot and delete them but no
go.I was however able to copy the original pics across to a newly created
folder with no corruption occurring.I just cant delete the previously copied
corrupted ones.Whets the trick?

Thanks
Sam

 

[Steve N.]

(sorry if this message already exists..I posted it yesterday but didn't show
up?..so reposting)


I backed up (copied) a bunch of pics from an internal drive to a USB2
connected External drive.The transfer choked on some crw and tif files
(?large file sizes) and said unable to complete copying all pics as delayed
write error or something. I tried to start over but it said I couldn't
replace these particular copied files as they were "corrupt". I tried to
delete them,rename them, shift+Delete them,and reboot and delete them but no
go.I was however able to copy the original pics across to a newly created
folder with no corruption occurring.I just cant delete the previously copied
corrupted ones.Whets the trick?

Thanks
Sam

Is the external drive FAT32? If so, FAT32 has an absolute file size
limit of 4MB -1 byte. Reformat the drive as NTFS.

Steve

 

[Mikhail Zhilin]

Sam,

Try to run (Start -- Run...):
chkdsk X: /F

(where X is the letter of the drive with the undeletable files).
It ought to correct the problem.
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http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
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[Sam]

Amazingly simple if you know how! Thanks.

Which gets me to thinking should I do this to all disks periodically?

Sam

 

[Mikhail Zhilin]

Amazingly simple if you know how! Thanks.

Glad to had been of help.

Which gets me to thinking should I do this to all disks periodically?

Usually Windows determines itself if it is actually need to check the
drive(s) -- and performs this check while booting then. But not in the
cases like your.

No harm to run Chkdsk manually from time to time -- but better to do
that only when there is a strong reason to suspect that something is
wrong with the file system (like in this case).

The other method is: right click the drive -- Properties -- Tools tab --
Error Checking -- Check now -- Automatically fix file system errors.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
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Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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[Sam]

Okay and thanks again!
Sam

Glad to had been of help.


Usually Windows determines itself if it is actually need to check the
drive(s) -- and performs this check while booting then. But not in the
cases like your.

No harm to run Chkdsk manually from time to time -- but better to do
that only when there is a strong reason to suspect that something is
wrong with the file system (like in this case).

The other method is: right click the drive -- Properties -- Tools tab --
Error Checking -- Check now -- Automatically fix file system errors.
--
Mikhail Zhilin
http://www.aha.ru/~mwz
Sorry, no technical support by e-mail.
Please reply to the newsgroups only.
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