Deletion

[Barry Karas]

8/Dec/2005

Over the years that I've had a PC, I have accumulated MANY "junk"
files. I just started to delete them. Some files do not delete -- I
get this message:

"Cannot delete file. Cannot read from source file or disk."

How could I delete these files?

Thank you.

Barry Karas

 

[ANONYMOUS]

First you should use Disk Cleanup utility provided in XP. You can
access this by doing:

Start, All Programs, Accesssories, System Tools, Disk cleanup

This should clar most of the junk.

Then you can bootup in safe mode and delete those files that you want to
delete manually.

hth

 

[Wesley Vogel]

MANUALLY DELETING STUBBORN FILES
http://aumha.org/a/stubborn.php

You Cannot Delete a File or a Folder
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320081

Delete A File That Is Seemingly "Undeletable"
http://www.theeldergeek.com/delete_undeletable_file.htm

Delete - Can't Delete Files or Folders
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm#del

Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_d.htm

Scroll down to Delete - AVI, MPG... files (access denied error)
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How To Delete "Undeletable" Files And Folders In XP
http://www.bootdisk.com/xptop20.htm#8

Cannot delete file or folder
[[Sometimes a file cannot be deleted or a folder removed because Windows
says it's open by another program.]]
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxCannotDelete.htm

"Access Denied" Error Message When You Try to Delete a File
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298345

You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=320081

You Receive an "Access Denied" Error Message When You Delete Folders from a
Mounted Drive
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=319368

How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=308421

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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