Re: Badly bloated Recent Folder, please help!
- From: "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 3 May 2007 19:08:23 -0600
Cannot delete file Cannot read from the source file or disk
You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081
See: Invalid File Names here...
How to locate and correct disk space problems on NTFS volumes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315688
How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120716
How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315226
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Cause 3: File system corruption is preventing access to the file
You may not be able to delete the file if the file system is corrupted. To
resolve this issue, run the Chkdsk utility on the disk volume to correct any
errors.
Bad sectors on the disk, other faulty hardware, or software bugs can corrupt
the file system and put files in a problematic state. Typical operations may
fail in a variety of ways. When the file system detects corruption, it logs
an event to the event log and you typically receive a message that prompts
you to run Chkdsk. Depending on the nature of the corruption, Chkdsk may or
may not be able to recover file data; however, Chkdsk returns the file
system to an internally consistent state. For additional information about
using the Chkdsk utility, click the following article numbers to view the
articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Error message: The file or directory is corrupt...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176646
An explanation of the new /C and /I Switches that are available to use with Chkdsk.exe
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314835
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from...
You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:%23DRfnNcjHHA.4112@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
bill <bill@xxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Thanx Rock, I did find them but none of those solutions are helping. One
error I get when trying to delete says - Cannot read from source file or
disk.
"Rock" <Rock@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eV99npbjHHA.3264@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
"bill" <bill@xxxxxxxxxx> wroteWindows XP Pro.
In my own folder under 'Documents and Settings" is a folder named
'Recent'
It is full of rubbish, i.e. folders I have never heard of and the size
of the Recent folder shows 244GB which is ridiculous as my drive is only
18gigg! Some of the dates are way in the future and I just can not get
rid
of the folders.
Bill, you posted this same question yesterday and had several replies.
Did you see those replies and try what was suggested? If so what was the
outcome? It's best to keep your follow up posts in the same thread for
continuity. If you can't find your post from yesterday, you made it at
11:04 hours Pacific Time.
If you can't find a post search for it using Google Groups Advanced
Search. Search in this newsgroup, microsoft.public.windowsxp.general on
your name as author for posts on 5/2.
http://groups.google.com/advanced_search?q=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en
I see you're using Outlook Express so I don't understand why you can't
find the post. Are you downloading enough headers? Also do a Ctrl-H to
filter showing the threads you have been involved in.
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Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
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