Re: Help needed in deleting files on XP

From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 19:32:37 -0700

smickers_22 wrote:

How do you delete files that state: Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk.

Try doing a Chkdsk /f to fix file system errors.

How to use Chkdsk - http://tinyurl.com/2obcd
How to perform disk error checking in Windows XP - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315265/en-us

Malke
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