Here is some information collected a while back. Hope it will help. You're getting the "Directory is not empty" message, right? That's because, within your backup folders are subfolders, the folders of the Flash Disk you've backed up. So, at the "Folder Name?" prompt, you'll have to hit [SPACE with T], [CONTROL with T] to get into Directory Tree View, and navigate to each subfolder, and erase that way. However, note that there are protected files in some folders, so you'll have to use the File Manager Protection option to unprotect them; also, if you use an asterisk for the multiple-character wild card to unprotect all files in a folder, this will not select the "hidden" files, so if you still cannot erase a directory after unprotecting all files with the wild card, you'll have to go through the option again and manually select the Hidden Files view (by pressing SPACE at the "File to protect?" prompt, and, at the "List of Files" view, pressing [SPACE with X], [READ with X] to get to it) and the "hidden" file, and once the "hidden" file or ! files ar e unprotected, you should then be able to erase the whole directory. If you still cannot, this means there is yet a third layer of the directory, so you must navigate to that and erase it, follow the procedure of unprotecting if necessary before erasing. You start by erasing the innermost layer, so to speak first, then moving outward. Only after you've erased all the subfolders of your backup folder, you can then erase the backup folder itself. It'll take you a while.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Diane Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 11:38:57 +1200 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] Once Again, the Ineraseable File. >Hi, List! >Rhonda, what is the equivalent of the Read plus x command? Jim needs this in >order to check the different levels and erase those hidden files. When I >erased my backup file, I had to go through about five different levels erasing >all the way. He'll need to use the command on every level to get rid of those >allusive files that don't want to be found. >HTH > Diane Garrett/Leader Daisy >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Phone: (918) 664-5731 >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: Jim Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: braille note <[email protected] >>Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 16:05:46 +0100 >>Subject: [Braillenote] Once Again, the Ineraseable File. >>Rhonda, Peggy and Matthew, >>Thank you so much for your help. >>1. I tried back space c and back space lower g, to erase the directory >>called 19 March 2005 backup. In both cases, as with y from the folder >>manager menu, BrailleNote said: "Zero folders erased. Zero files erased. >>Directory not empty." >>2. I then renamed the folder, calling it simply 1st May 2005 but with no >>success. >>3. I then hit upon the idea of trying to restore the hidden file from the >>1st May 2005 folder on the compact flash card to the downloads folder on the >>flash disk drive. Once again, I got the same sort of message, to the effect >>that zero files had been restored. >>4. I tried yet again in the directory mode (space bar t) to locate both >>sub-directories and hidden files in this recalcitrant folder, but to no avail. >>5. Peggy, I have no computer, let alone a card reader. >>6. Is there any other way, apart from the file manager or folder manager >>menus, that I could glean more information about this wretched folder? >>7. I have done a simple reset, both with the card inserted and removed, >>again with no success. >>Any further advice would be very, very gratefully received. >>Warm regards, >>Jim Taylor. >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
