Hi Alan; We've talked about deleting. Have you tried cutting it out? This is a guess and would only take a short amount of time to attempt. Take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:28 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory Ishe, Well on the reboot this morning, I made sure the external hard drive was turned on and plugged in but the chkdsk process did not finish as it does with internal units. Computer booted as normal and I cannot delete that corrupt file & directory. Any other ideas on this? thanks Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Ishe Chinyoka Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory If your computer boots while the USB disc is connected, it will perform the disk checking first thing before Windows loads. In fact, one of the primary operations during the boot process is checking your hardware integrity for any errors and loads any software afterwards. In your case, I believe that when Windows failed to complete the task, it will be completed during the boot process regardless of the media you are using. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > Joshua, or others > > Well I just ran a chkdsk on an external hard drive with a > corrupt file or directory and it ran through the first of > three steps just like the internal one did last evening. > However, it did not complete the last two steps as the note > below indicates it will, and it did identify 3 things it > deleted on its first pass. I have not rebooted my computer > this evening as I don't want to tie it up as I need to use > it. But, here is my question. When I reboot later how is > chkdsk going to finish the job like it did with my internal > drive last evening as it is hooked up through a USB port and > I don't believe they become active until Window's boots? I > did try unplugging the drive and reconnecting but still > can't delete that directory/file until the process completes > itself. > > thanks Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of > Joshua > Klander > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 1:18 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Hello. If you scan a portable hard drive, the entire > process > will take place when the computer is running. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Date sent: Sat, 29 May 2010 13:06:22 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > Ishe, > > One additional question, if I run chkdsk on a portable hard > drive connected through a USB connection, can the entire > process take place while the computer is running or will it > have to reboot and finish? If the later, how does that work > since I don't believe the USB ports are active until after > Windows boots? > > thanks > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of > Ishe > Chinyoka > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 9:09 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Glad it worked. > > Of course you can choose to do this regularly, but it is not > always > necessary unless you find some corrupt files. > However, for better system performance I recommend this and > a few > housekeeping chores. I personally schedule such things as > defragmentation, > disk cleanup, backups and of course the disk checking > utility on a monthly > basis. To let this not interfere with your day to day work, > you can just add > these command line tasks to the Schedule Tasks in the > Control Panel so that > they may take place without your interference in future. > > Thanks and and take care, > > Ishe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 1:20 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Ishe, > > Thanks, problem resolved. When I did this last night, it > said there were 3 parts to the process and the first one > completed relatively quickly and I did hear something > toward > the end about deleting something. It did not finish the > process until I booted this morning which took quite a > while > since the G drive where I keep my backups is quite large. > This was a great tip and I'll keep for future reference . > Is > it a good maintenance practice to run chkdsk on drives > occasionally? > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf > Of > Ishe > Chinyoka > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 4:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > The chkdsk utility is found in the system root, so you > simply open a command > line and type "chkdsk". > This is used for checking your disk integrity and > recovering > lost chains in > any directory. >>From the message you are receiving, it looks like chkdsk > could be the > solution. > > Open Run from the Start menu. > Type cmd and press Enter. > When the command prompt appears, simply type chkdsk, > followed by the path to > the directory which is corrupted or its drive. > For example, you can type chkdsk E:documents > or simply chkdsk E: > The verbose output will be spoken back by Jaws (or any > screen reader) so you > won't be bored by waiting. > > Hope this may work. > Cheers > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 10:17 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Ishe, > > Thanks for the site. I went there and this is the > description > "Ever had such an annoying message given by Windows: > Cannot > delete file: Access is denied. There has been a sharing > violation. The source or destination file may be in use > or > the file is in use by another program or user. Make sure > the > disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is > not > currently in use. Unlocker is the solution. Unlocker is > an > Explorer extension that allows you with a simple > right-click > of the mouse on a file or folder to get rid of error > message > such as error deleting file or folder, cannot delete > folder: > it is used by another person or program." > > Although this sounds like a useful tool in some > situations > I > believe my situation may be different? Here's the message > I'm getting: > Error Deleting File or Folder > Cannot delete Shoe #25.xls: The file or directory is > corrupted and unreadable. > OK " > > Any suggestions on how to deal with this? Your other > suggestion of running chkdsk on the directory or file > sounds > good but I don't see an option to do that. What would the > command line in the run dialogue box look like to execute > that task? > > thanks in advance > Al > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf > Of > Ishe > Chinyoka > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 3:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Hi Mike and friends > > You can download Unlocker Assistant here: > > > http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/3000-2248_4-10493998.html > > Basically it helps to eliminate those Windows annoying > messages like "Access > is denied" or phrasing to that effect. > > Take care, > > Ishe > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 8:49 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Hi Ishe; > > Where does someone get this Unlocker tool you speak of? > It sounds like it > would be a handy tool to have available. I am running > XPSP3 Home. Take > care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ishe Chinyoka" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 11:33 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt > directory > > > 1. Run chkdsk on the directory to recover some chains. > > or > > 2. Get the Unlocker tool. It will show you which process > is locking that > file. Try unlocking the file and delete it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected] > To: <[email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 8:10 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt > directory > > > Mike, > > Thanks for the suggestion but does not appear to work. > I > finally tracked down the culprit file about 6-7 > directories > deep and it has nothing before it. I can't rename it, > open > it, move it etc. Any other ideas from anyone? > > Al > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]on > Behalf > Of > Mike & > Barbara > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 1:21 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt > directory > > > Hi Al; > > If I remember correctly, these corrupted files have a > tilda > or some kind of > sign at the front of their title. If you press your F2 > key > with the file in > question highlighted and delete the sign out of the > name > then press enter I > think the file can now be deleted. Pressing the F2 on > a > highlighted file > allows you to change / alter the whole name / title or > any > part of it. > After you have made the changes to your title / name > press > enter to save the > changes and save them. Hope, and I do mean hope, this > helps. Take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[email protected] > To: "Blind-Computing" <[email protected] > Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:16 AM > Subject: [Blind-Computing] Deleting corrupt directory > > > Good afternoon, > > I run across this problem once in a while and am > presently > facing it. Is there a way to delete a directory and/or > file > that has become corrupt and window's will not allow one > to > delete it? This is an old backup file within a > directory > on > a back up drive. I know I could re format the drive but > then > I would need to copy all the good data back and that is > considerable. 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