Corrupted recycle bin

[Jack Gostl]

I'm pretty sure I have a corrupted recycle bin. All attempts to "Empty" the
folder hang and eventually take the system with it. Various other problems,
but as I look at it, they all come back to file deletions. For now, I've
gone to the recycle properties and shut down the recycle bin, but I'm
looking for a more permanent solution.

At the command line, I've gone to "\recycler" and typed "attrib *", but
there don't seem to be any files there. But when I go to windows explorer,
and open the bin, I see whole bunches of files. When I try to delete files
one at a time, some delete nicely, others just hang everything.

I've googled around a bit for this problem, but I haven't come up with an
answer yet.

Running XP Pro SP2.

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Thanks - Jack

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Run Error Checking. Reboot. Try to empty the Recycle Bin again.

Error Checking (chkdsk.exe).
1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive you want to
check, and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Select both of these:

o Automatically fix file system errors
o Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors

You have to reboot for Error-checking to run.

For a look at the chkdisk log.
Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | OK
Look in Application | Listed as Information |
Event ID: 1001
Source: Winlogon
----

Also
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm

Scroll down to...
Recycle Bin - Deleting Problems

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Rebecca Hubbard]

I know that the last time I had a problem with the RB (said it had files in
it, but none were there), I deleted the Recycle Bin, and it fixed it - that
may fix the problem.

Good luck
~Rebecca

 

[Jack Gostl]

Tried it, interesting, some options I'd never seen before, but have the same
behaviour. An attempt to "Empty the recycle" bin really fouls up the system.
Pretty quickly even the icon freezes, then everything else stops responding,
and eventually I have to power the box off. Below is the output from the
event viewer.

Any other thoughts would be welcome.

Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.

Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 5 unused security descriptors.

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...

Usn Journal verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...

File data verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...

Free space verification is complete.

78075899 KB total disk space.

30585276 KB in 104583 files.

71144 KB in 7402 indexes.

0 KB in bad sectors.

209243 KB in use by the system.

65536 KB occupied by the log file.

47210236 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

19518974 total allocation units on disk.

11802559 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:

d0 fe 01 00 7d b5 01 00 d5 37 02 00 00 00 00 00 ....}....7......

41 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 80 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 A...............

d4 07 57 04 00 00 00 00 b6 ac 65 19 00 00 00 00 ..W.......e.....

6e 5b 43 02 00 00 00 00 4c 36 8f 4f 03 00 00 00 n[C.....L6.O....

60 50 e4 72 02 00 00 00 d6 e7 e9 e3 05 00 00 00 `P.r............

99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 a0 38 07 00 87 98 01 00 ..6......8......

00 00 00 00 00 f0 c6 4a 07 00 00 00 ea 1c 00 00 .......J........

Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.



For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

 

[Jack Gostl]

Sorry, the message got away before I could pust it properly.

I was thinking of that, but how? The references I have found say do a "cd
\recycler" and then delete something. The problem is that there is nothing
in that directory. I did a "dir" and then an "attrib *". Nothing.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Did you have a look here, from the bottom of my first post.
Also
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm

Scroll down to...
Recycle Bin - Deleting Problems

An attempt to "Empty the recycle" bin really fouls up the
system. Pretty quickly even the icon freezes, then everything else stops

Do you mean Right clicking causes the freeze or while Windows is in the
process of deleting the files?

If it's Right clicking, look at these.

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabled
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

Right click causes an error and crashes Explorer.exe after installing
Windows XP SP2
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Tried it, interesting, some options I'd never seen before, but have the
same behaviour. An attempt to "Empty the recycle" bin really fouls up the
system. Pretty quickly even the icon freezes, then everything else stops
responding, and eventually I have to power the box off. Below is the
output from the event viewer.

Any other thoughts would be welcome.

Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.

Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 5 unused security descriptors.

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...

Usn Journal verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...

File data verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...

Free space verification is complete.

78075899 KB total disk space.

30585276 KB in 104583 files.

71144 KB in 7402 indexes.

0 KB in bad sectors.

209243 KB in use by the system.

65536 KB occupied by the log file.

47210236 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

19518974 total allocation units on disk.

11802559 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:

d0 fe 01 00 7d b5 01 00 d5 37 02 00 00 00 00 00 ....}....7......

41 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 80 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 A...............

d4 07 57 04 00 00 00 00 b6 ac 65 19 00 00 00 00 ..W.......e.....

6e 5b 43 02 00 00 00 00 4c 36 8f 4f 03 00 00 00 n[C.....L6.O....

60 50 e4 72 02 00 00 00 d6 e7 e9 e3 05 00 00 00 `P.r............

99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 a0 38 07 00 87 98 01 00 ..6......8......

00 00 00 00 00 f0 c6 4a 07 00 00 00 ea 1c 00 00 .......J........

Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.



For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Run Error Checking. Reboot. Try to empty the Recycle Bin again.

Error Checking (chkdsk.exe).
1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive you want to
check, and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Select both of these:

o Automatically fix file system errors
o Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors

You have to reboot for Error-checking to run.

For a look at the chkdisk log.
Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | OK
Look in Application | Listed as Information |
Event ID: 1001
Source: Winlogon
----

Also
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm

Scroll down to...
Recycle Bin - Deleting Problems

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Jack Gostl]

No I missed the reference. I'll try these things on Monday. The machine is
in my office, and if I try things remotely, and they go wrong....

The simplest way to describe the problem is that when I right click on
recycle bin, and select Empty, a Dialog appears showing files being delete.
After a few seconds, sometimes, a message appears on the dialog saying 72
mintues remaining. After a few more minutes, the animation on the dialog
stops, and the system slowly goes down hill. Eventually I have to reboot.

Did you have a look here, from the bottom of my first post.
Also
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm

Scroll down to...
Recycle Bin - Deleting Problems

An attempt to "Empty the recycle" bin really fouls up the
system. Pretty quickly even the icon freezes, then everything else stops

Do you mean Right clicking causes the freeze or while Windows is in the
process of deleting the files?

If it's Right clicking, look at these.

Right-click is slow or weird behavior caused by context menu handlers
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/slowrightclick.htm

Right-click is extremely slow only when Network is enabled
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/rcdelay.htm

Right click causes an error and crashes Explorer.exe after installing
Windows XP SP2
http://www.winxptutor.com/sp2/divxcrash.htm

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Tried it, interesting, some options I'd never seen before, but have the
same behaviour. An attempt to "Empty the recycle" bin really fouls up the
system. Pretty quickly even the icon freezes, then everything else stops
responding, and eventually I have to power the box off. Below is the
output from the event viewer.

Any other thoughts would be welcome.

Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.

Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 5 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 5 unused security descriptors.

CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...

Usn Journal verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...

File data verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...

Free space verification is complete.

78075899 KB total disk space.

30585276 KB in 104583 files.

71144 KB in 7402 indexes.

0 KB in bad sectors.

209243 KB in use by the system.

65536 KB occupied by the log file.

47210236 KB available on disk.

4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

19518974 total allocation units on disk.

11802559 allocation units available on disk.

Internal Info:

d0 fe 01 00 7d b5 01 00 d5 37 02 00 00 00 00 00 ....}....7......

41 03 00 00 01 00 00 00 80 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 A...............

d4 07 57 04 00 00 00 00 b6 ac 65 19 00 00 00 00 ..W.......e.....

6e 5b 43 02 00 00 00 00 4c 36 8f 4f 03 00 00 00 n[C.....L6.O....

60 50 e4 72 02 00 00 00 d6 e7 e9 e3 05 00 00 00 `P.r............

99 9e 36 00 00 00 00 00 a0 38 07 00 87 98 01 00 ..6......8......

00 00 00 00 00 f0 c6 4a 07 00 00 00 ea 1c 00 00 .......J........

Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.



For more information, see Help and Support Center at
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.

Run Error Checking. Reboot. Try to empty the Recycle Bin again.

Error Checking (chkdsk.exe).
1. In My Computer or Windows Explorer, right-click the drive you want to
check, and then click Properties.
2. On the Tools tab, click Check Now.
3. Select both of these:

o Automatically fix file system errors
o Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors

You have to reboot for Error-checking to run.

For a look at the chkdisk log.
Open the Event Viewer...
Start | Run | Type: eventvwr | OK
Look in Application | Listed as Information |
Event ID: 1001
Source: Winlogon
----

Also
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_qr.htm

Scroll down to...
Recycle Bin - Deleting Problems

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In Jack Gostl <[email protected]> hunted and pecked:
I'm pretty sure I have a corrupted recycle bin. All attempts to "Empty"
the folder hang and eventually take the system with it. Various other
problems, but as I look at it, they all come back to file deletions.
For
now, I've gone to the recycle properties and shut down the recycle bin,
but I'm looking for a more permanent solution.

At the command line, I've gone to "\recycler" and typed "attrib *", but
there don't seem to be any files there. But when I go to windows
explorer,
and open the bin, I see whole bunches of files. When I try to delete
files
one at a time, some delete nicely, others just hang everything.

I've googled around a bit for this problem, but I haven't come up with
an answer yet.

Running XP Pro SP2.

Any and all advice would be appreciated.

Thanks - Jack

 

[Jack Gostl]

Well, I'm about at wits end here. (Some would say that's only half a trip,
but I try.) I've tried all these ideas, including everything even vaguely
related from the URL you provided, and the whole system still hangs when I
try to empty the recycle bin.

Things like:

cd \
cd recycled

produce messages saying "system cannot find specifiec path".

I'm about ready to get out the big magnet, erase the disk and start over.
That will easily cost me a week of my life, setting this thing up again, but
its got to be better than what I have now.

*Last cry for help!!!*

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Try: cd RECYCLER

If your drive is formatted NTFS you will Recycler folder.

Recycled is is used if the drive is formatted FAT32.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Jack Gostl]

Just to close this loop.... I finally booted in safe mode and managed to
delete all the entries in my recycle bin.

Now, I'm not crazy about this. Its got a bad sound, but Spyware Doctor says
I'm clean, and the latest anti-virus scans come up empty, so I guess this
matter is closed.