Re: Deleteing files from NTFS format drive

From: ed (JRBRD_at_MEDIAONE.NETSPAMLESS)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 09:00:12 -0500

Hi Tom:
If I use the recovery console will I be able to delete a windows
file like Pagefile.sys ? Lots of time I end up with two of
these on my computer but only one is the right one.

Or sometime I delete a program but it folder and some files
are not deleted. Will I be able to delete them with the
recovery console?

How about a index.dat file ? Somtime they get really
big and I delete them and them WinXP will restore them
to a small value.
Thanks a lot for the fast reply.
Ed
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"Tom" <no-way@not-here.com> wrote in message
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> "ed" <JRBRD@MEDIAONE.NETSPAMLESS> wrote in message
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> > Hi:
> > Using Winxp
> > I am thinking of changing my computer to NTFS from
> > fat32.
> > With fat 32 If I wanted to delete "any" files I could use
> > a boot disk and delete the files and folders.
> > I have been told that if I change to NTFS file system
> > I will not be able to do this.
> > Is this true ?
>
> Yes, that is true, since a bootdisk is FAT also, and any FAT filing system
> cannot read, nor write to an NTFS partition.
>
> > Is there any program that will allow me to do delete
> > files from the NTFS drive from a boot floppy or a cdr?
> > Any help would be appreciated:
> > Ed
>
> Yes, XP can do this, and you can use the Recovery Console to do many of
> those functions also.
>
>

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