cant defrag external HDD

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XP Home, SP2, external 250GB Hitachi, have an ISO file on external drive,
no bytes in file and can not delete file.

Tried to defrag the external HDD and message says I must chkdsk /f the drive
but I do not know how.

ran chkdsk /f and it chkdsk'd the C drive, not the external F drive.

Also How can I get ISO file to be deleted from F drive?

Thanks Robert




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