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amberlynn

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Hello,
I'm not sure that this is the right forum...

I am running Win 2000.
I have a 'NetDisk' (ethernet network drive) that I use to store files on.
There were corrupt files on it, so I ran a scandisk.
Now I have a folder, called found.000 which contains another folder, called dir0000.chk, which as far as I can tell, contains nothing.
I can't delete either folders - I get the message "Cannot delete - directory is not empty".
I've tried doing this through the command prompt, but receive the same message.
How can I get rid of this?

Thanks!
Amber
 
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you've got show hidden & system files turned on? (so you're sure there really isn't anything in dir0000.chk).

You said scandisk - so is this network drive formatted as fat32? (would suggest looking at permissions if ntfs) - nothing set to read only?

Have you tried command prompt command rd /s /q.

 
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Yep hidden & system files is turned on.
Looked at permissions - tried rd /s /q
Same error - can't delete the folder because it isn't empty.
Any other suggestions???
Amber
 
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Yeah, use this program to find out whats being hid that is running. Then use it to delete it if you want.


I love this program lol.

There is a point in wisdom and knowledge that when you reach it, you exceed what is considered possible - Jason Schoon
 
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amber - what methods of access do you have to the network drive? (eg, is there any way of access it more directly - not from 2k over the network - because it sounds like its 2k that has the problem).

And is it fat32 or ntfs?
 
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The network drive plugs into my router through an ethernet cable, and I access it like a drive on my computer.
My laptop and my desktop both have access to this drive.

The drive is NTFS.

Amber
 
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At the command prompt type dir /x, then delete any files that are displayed by using the 8.3 filename format.

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If it doesn't leak oil it must be empty!!
 
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I fixed it!
At the command prompt I ran chkdsk /f - it fixed the errors, then I was able to delete the resulting folders.

Thanks for everyone's help!
 
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electronicsfreak, I am giving you a star, that is exactly what I needed with a SBS2k3 folder that was locked (see this thread). I checked to ensure that there were no remote "ties" to a user that deleted the folder, but this program showed there were two System Prcesses still holding the file open. Great thanks.
 
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