Can't delete unwated folders on external hard drive

[Guest]

Hi!

I just sent this to Lasonic support, thought it couldn't hurt to post here
too in case anyone knows anything.

I got one of your 250G external USB HD's for storage space and my laptop
keeps putting items on it that I did not tell it to put there. I sometimes
can delete the recycle/recycled folders no problem, but those keep coming
back, I sometimes can't delete them and there is a "System Volume
Information" folder that gets a "access is denied" message when I try to
delete it. I want to try plugging the external HD into a Win98 comp to see
if that'll let me delete the "System Volume Information" folder, but I can't
find a driver for Win98. When I go to lasonic.com, once the page is fully
loaded, the URL changes to http://www.lasonic.com/scripts/default.asp and the
"download center" link shows as being just that URL with a # stuck on the
end. Additionally, I noticed that though right clicking on "System Volume
Information" and selecting Properties says the folder contains zero folders
and bytes, if I highlight everything in E:\ except "System Volume
Information," right click and select Properties, the size result is one Gig
less than if I go to My Computer and right click/Properties on the E:\ icon,
leading me to think that when I right click/Properties on "System Volume
Information" and get zero folders and bytes, I'm being mushroomed (kept in
the dark and fed s***)

Any idea where I can find a Win98 driver, how I can delete ALL unwated
folders/files and prevent them from coming back?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

"Cloudchaser the Red Wolf furry"

Hi!

I just sent this to Lasonic support, thought it couldn't hurt to post here
too in case anyone knows anything.

I got one of your 250G external USB HD's for storage space and my laptop
keeps putting items on it that I did not tell it to put there. I sometimes
can delete the recycle/recycled folders no problem, but those keep coming
back, I sometimes can't delete them and there is a "System Volume
Information" folder that gets a "access is denied" message when I try to
delete it. I want to try plugging the external HD into a Win98 comp to see
if that'll let me delete the "System Volume Information" folder, but I can't
find a driver for Win98. When I go to lasonic.com, once the page is fully
loaded, the URL changes to http://www.lasonic.com/scripts/default.asp and the
"download center" link shows as being just that URL with a # stuck on the
end. Additionally, I noticed that though right clicking on "System Volume
Information" and selecting Properties says the folder contains zero folders
and bytes, if I highlight everything in E:\ except "System Volume
Information," right click and select Properties, the size result is one Gig
less than if I go to My Computer and right click/Properties on the E:\ icon,
leading me to think that when I right click/Properties on "System Volume
Information" and get zero folders and bytes, I'm being mushroomed (kept in
the dark and fed s***)

Any idea where I can find a Win98 driver, how I can delete ALL unwated
folders/files and prevent them from coming back?

The "System Volume Information" folder is a Windows system folder.
It has nothing to do with Lasonic and you cannot delete it unless you
format the partition. Leave it where it is.

 

[Guest]

Any idea how it got there to start with? Wondering since my comp hasn't
tried to do the same to my 128M USB flash drive or a 3.5" floppy.