On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Sim Roo <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I was trying to make a backup when my laptop crashed
> I wanted to delete the files that were already backed, but I get this
> 'frustrating' error
>
>       Error removing file: Input/output error
>
> I can see the files but I can't remove them.....any ideas ?
>

How are you doing it?

Try it from the terminal: 'sudo rm filename'

Or else do alt+F2 and enter 'gksudo nautilus' w/o the quotes. Try deleting
again.


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