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Terry B
A newsgroup reader (Newsbin) downloaded about 2 gigs of
files last night. The files were not individually saved as
rars (as usual) in the download directory on my data
harddisk. Instead, there was a folder created in that
directory called "Save.." (save followed by an two
periods). I cannot open, move or delete that folder using
any Windows commands. Windows Properties says it has 0
bytes; however, when I scan that folder with Norton
Antivirus, it tells me it contains 52 files. Using Norton
Utilities/System Information, I can actually see the
folder and the 52 files inside. It was the batch from last
night and it does total 1.93 gigs. My hard drive is not
accounting for 2 gigs in free space when I add up the
directory sizes of recognized directories and files.
However, I still cannot seem to access it. I cannot delete
it using Windows delete or Norton Wipe Info. Each time I
try and access it in Windows, I get the following error:
H:\My Videos\News3\Save." refers to a location that is
unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer,
or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is
properly inserted, or that you are connected to the
Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still
cannot be located, the information might have been moved
to a different location.
I am guessing the files are on somewhere on my C: or H:
hard disks, but where? At this point, if I cannot recover
the files, I would like to delete the folder, but I can't
even do that.
I have also tried to access via the command prompt with
the same results.
files last night. The files were not individually saved as
rars (as usual) in the download directory on my data
harddisk. Instead, there was a folder created in that
directory called "Save.." (save followed by an two
periods). I cannot open, move or delete that folder using
any Windows commands. Windows Properties says it has 0
bytes; however, when I scan that folder with Norton
Antivirus, it tells me it contains 52 files. Using Norton
Utilities/System Information, I can actually see the
folder and the 52 files inside. It was the batch from last
night and it does total 1.93 gigs. My hard drive is not
accounting for 2 gigs in free space when I add up the
directory sizes of recognized directories and files.
However, I still cannot seem to access it. I cannot delete
it using Windows delete or Norton Wipe Info. Each time I
try and access it in Windows, I get the following error:
H:\My Videos\News3\Save." refers to a location that is
unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer,
or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is
properly inserted, or that you are connected to the
Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still
cannot be located, the information might have been moved
to a different location.
I am guessing the files are on somewhere on my C: or H:
hard disks, but where? At this point, if I cannot recover
the files, I would like to delete the folder, but I can't
even do that.
I have also tried to access via the command prompt with
the same results.