It might be that there are characters in the file which don't display.
First do ls -l *.avi
if there is only parachute.avi you can then do sudo rm *.avi
see if that works.

On 2 Feb, 21:03, Sim Roo <[email protected]> wrote:
> m...@mm-laptop:/media/80gb backup/Videoss$ ls -l
> -rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   43992576 2007-08-16 16:45 parachute.avi
>
> m...@mm-laptop:/media/80gb backup/Videoss$ sudo rm *.avi
> rm: cannot remove `parachute.avi': Input/output error
>
> On Feb 2, 9:48 pm, linuxonbute <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > What does ls -l show for the file names you are having problems with?
>
> > On 2 Feb, 20:41, Sim Roo <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I tried
> > >  'sudo rm filename'
>
> > > and
>
> > > I found this on the net.....but neither work for me
> > > find . -inum 777777 -exec rm -i {} \;
>
> > > On Feb 2, 9:27 pm, Christopher Stamper <[email protected]>
> > > wrote:
>
> > > > 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.
>
> > > > --
> > > > Christopher Stamper
>
> > > > Email: [email protected]
> > > > Web:http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg
> > > > gTalk:http://tinyurl.com/6e359r
> > > > Skype: cdstamper
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