Unable to delete corrupted file

[Luis]

Dear all,
While copying a folder to a CD using Nero, the said folder became corrupted. Somehow, 57 versions of the same folder (one inside another) were created as follows:

D:\abc\abc\abc\abc...abc57\XYZ

Please note that the "XYZ" folder is inside the 57th version of the corrupted "ABC" folder.

At this point, I just need to delete this monster. When attempting to delete it, I either get a File Systems Error 1148, or a message saying that folder "XYZ" is not found. Note that I am using W2K Professional.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you in advance,

Luis

 

[LiquidJ]

Have you tried doing an "rd /s" or "del /s" from the command prompt? I
assume that you're trying to delete these folders from explorer.

Is there any description for error 1148?

{L}



Dear all,
While copying a folder to a CD using Nero, the said folder became corrupted.
Somehow, 57 versions of the same folder (one inside another) were created as
follows:

D:\abc\abc\abc\abc...abc57\XYZ

Please note that the "XYZ" folder is inside the 57th version of the
corrupted "ABC" folder.

At this point, I just need to delete this monster. When attempting to
delete it, I either get a File Systems Error 1148, or a message saying that
folder "XYZ" is not found. Note that I am using W2K Professional.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you in advance,

Luis

 

[Guest]

Yes I have, but did not work. Also, have not found any description yet for error 1148.

Luis

 

[Richard MacKinnon]

Sounds strange, you are getting close to MAX_PATH limit of 260

Just for the heck of it did you try booting in safe mode command window and
deleting it from there ?



Dear all,
While copying a folder to a CD using Nero, the said folder became corrupted.
Somehow, 57 versions of the same folder (one inside another) were created as
follows:

D:\abc\abc\abc\abc...abc57\XYZ

Please note that the "XYZ" folder is inside the 57th version of the
corrupted "ABC" folder.

At this point, I just need to delete this monster. When attempting to
delete it, I either get a File Systems Error 1148, or a message saying that
folder "XYZ" is not found. Note that I am using W2K Professional.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you in advance,

Luis

 

[Luis]

Tried that as well, but did not work. Not sure what to do next.

Luis

 

[Richard MacKinnon]

Did you try scandisk ?

Tried that as well, but did not work. Not sure what to do next.

Luis

 

[Guest]

I did, and it did not find any errors.

Luis

-----Original Message-----
Did you try scandisk ?

Tried that as well, but did not work. Not sure what to do next.

Luis




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[Walter Holler]

Luis,

try to shorten the path by renaming ABC\ABC\... to A\B\C...


Dear all,
While copying a folder to a CD using Nero, the said folder became corrupted.
Somehow, 57 versions of the same folder (one inside another) were created as
follows:

D:\abc\abc\abc\abc...abc57\XYZ

Please note that the "XYZ" folder is inside the 57th version of the
corrupted "ABC" folder.

At this point, I just need to delete this monster. When attempting to
delete it, I either get a File Systems Error 1148, or a message saying that
folder "XYZ" is not found. Note that I am using W2K Professional.

Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you in advance,

Luis