Cannot delete file on USB HD

Hi,

Try this...
See if it will let you delete the last Folder or Sub-Folder first, if so,
then delete each one starting from last to first.

--
All the best,
SG
"dratner" wrote in message

>I am re-using a USB drive, previously on my XP PC, On my new Vista PC.
>There
> are several old files on it, created by the XP PC, that Vista will not let
> me
> delete. I removed the "read only" attribute, went to security and made
> sure
> I had all administrative rights. The file folders have 25 or so number
> filenames. In the folder is a file called "update". It may be a
> Microsoft
> file. How can I delete these old files? Thanks.
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Your problem could be this: whatever virus scanner you're using has marked
it. The very things you are experiencing are synonymous with the situation I
describe, a situation I recently experienced with BitDefender.

The solution is to turn off virus scanning momentarily. You may find that
you can then access the file.

Sidebar: as I bitched to BitDefender, these virus scanners absolutely must
have a "false positives" list maintained by the user. I'm tired of BD
carping about FILES I CREATE, telling me they are virii, when, of course,
they aren't.

In the history of software--a sine wave--we are once again in a Dark Age
trough.

m

"SG" wrote in message

> Hi,
>
> Try this...
> See if it will let you delete the last Folder or Sub-Folder first, if so,
> then delete each one starting from last to first.
>
> --
> All the best,
> SG
> "dratner" wrote in message
>
>>I am re-using a USB drive, previously on my XP PC, On my new Vista PC.
>>There
>> are several old files on it, created by the XP PC, that Vista will not
>> let me
>> delete. I removed the "read only" attribute, went to security and made
>> sure
>> I had all administrative rights. The file folders have 25 or so number
>> filenames. In the folder is a file called "update". It may be a
>> Microsoft
>> file. How can I delete these old files? Thanks.
>
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I faced the same problem, I studied it for a long time and how to use
all these commands, and then I simply bought Long Path Tool at the address LongPathTool DOT com and
cleaned all unnecessary files.


> On Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:35 AM dratne wrote:

> I am re-using a USB drive, previously on my XP PC, On my new Vista PC. There
> are several old files on it, created by the XP PC, that Vista will not let me
> delete. I removed the "read only" attribute, went to security and made sure
> I had all administrative rights. The file folders have 25 or so number
> filenames. In the folder is a file called "update". It may be a Microsoft
> file. How can I delete these old files? Thanks.


>> On Sunday, February 03, 2008 12:19 PM David wrote:

>> Why dont you try to move all the files you want to save to your primary hard
>> drive, then just go ahead and format the usb one? That would be a simple and
>> easy solution
>>
>> David


>>> On Sunday, February 03, 2008 8:08 PM SG wrote:

>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Try this...
>>> See if it will let you delete the last Folder or Sub-Folder first, if so,
>>> then delete each one starting from last to first.
>>>
>>> --
>>> All the best,
>>> SG


>>>> On Tuesday, February 05, 2008 6:48 PM Scrat wrote:

>>>> Your problem could be this: whatever virus scanner you're using has marked
>>>> it. The very things you are experiencing are synonymous with the situation I
>>>> describe, a situation I recently experienced with BitDefender.
>>>>
>>>> The solution is to turn off virus scanning momentarily. You may find that
>>>> you can then access the file.
>>>>
>>>> Sidebar: as I bitched to BitDefender, these virus scanners absolutely must
>>>> have a "false positives" list maintained by the user. I'm tired of BD
>>>> carping about FILES I CREATE, telling me they are virii, when, of course,
>>>> they aren't.
>>>>
>>>> In the history of software--a sine wave--we are once again in a Dark Age
>>>> trough.
>>>>
>>>> m
>>>>
>>>> "SG" wrote in message
>>>> news:ORtZrpsZIHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
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