Re: Need to delete non existing folders

On Fri, 24 Jun 2005 09:42:12 -0400, "Galen" <galennews@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>In news:vksnb11jn05c7t80c6cofehft503pbmj5p@xxxxxxx,
>nesredep egrob <Long. -31,48.21 Lat. 115,47.40> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> I need to xcopy a whole partition to another disk. Trouble is that
>> McAfee has placed folders on the partition named McAfee and also
>> McAfee Virus Scan Professional. Both of these folders are empty. They
>> are on show in the explorer but when I need to delete them the
>> program reports that they are not there.
>> I have tried to right click /Properties but they are not protected in
>> any way. I have also gone to safe mode but they still will not delete.
>> In command mode they also will not delete and give the message that
>> the program cannot find the files to delete. Refresh does not take
>> them off view either. What you might call ghost folders
>>
>> When clicked on they promptly display an empty space but the address
>> bar shows Program Files\McAfee. How can I delete folders that are
>> claimed not to be there.
>>
>> The trouble is that the xcopy stops with an error message saying that
>> it cannot create the folders on the destination disk.
>>
>> The error message is Cannot delete, (or Rename), cannot Read from the
>> source file or disk.
>>
>> Borge
>
>
>Try it in DOS... If you're using NTFS see this:

AS a computer user and programmer from way back to '82, this was my first try -
no it does not work either. Dos says it cannot see the folder.

The desperate thing is that windows also say something similar, yet I can click
on McAfee and the Explorer goes to an empty folder. The address in the bar does
indicate that I am at D:\Program Files\McAfee - so there must be a folder there
except it is not seen by delete,rename and xcopy.
I shall try to xcopy again and give the order to ignore empty folders, that
might just make it work. The /C continue if errors /H for hidden might also be
of use/

Borge
>
>NTFS4DOS:
>http://www.datapol-technologies.com/dpe/recovery/ntfs/index.html
>
>Galen

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