Re: cannot delete file: cannot read from the source file or disk

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From: Bill James (wgjames_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/16/04 

Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 13:59:44 -0600

If there is nothing in that directory that you need to save, try changing to that directory (important), then executing the command del *.* to see if that will remove the files. If there are files you need to keep, move them to another folder first, since using the wildcard * will cause your good files to also be deleted if they are in the same folder. 

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"Yakimo" <tyakimov@nospams.no> wrote in message news:u8aiUj6sEHA.1216@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Yes, it shows exactly the same file names, with those wrong characters. Here
> is the output of DIR /X
> 10/16/2004  07:48 PM    <DIR>                       ..
> 03/13/2003  10:57 AM                 0              .p
> 10/16/2004  07:48 PM                 0              1.txt
> 03/13/2003  10:57 AM            16,384              èÿÿÿvk.<
> 07/24/2105  01:00 AM       805,109,760              ð~Ð>§èÂ
> 
> "Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"
> <lanwench@heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:ucqnXe5sEHA.2668@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Yakimo wrote:
>> > I run WindowsXP.
>> > There are 3 files, created somehow, that I cannot delete.
>> > I read all the posts from the group but I couldn't find my case.
>> > Nothing is working - moving files, RD, del /s .... from DOS
>> > The problem is that filenames used weird characters.
>> > Filenames look like:
>> > ?~?>º??
>> > .p
>> > ?   vk.<
>> >
>> > if  I go CMD and try to do whatever, I get "The filename, directory
>> > name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."
>>
>> If you type in dir /x in a command prompt in this folder, does it show you
>> the file names?
>>
>>
>> > I tried chkdsk /f and it didn't help
>> > CheckDisk from drive properties, tools doesn't help either
>>
>> It's the same thing as chkdsk.
>>
>> >
>> > Any good ideas?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Yakimo
>>
>>
> 
>

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