Help Deleting a Corrupt File

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Somewhere along the line a corrupt restore was created. I noticed this when
a Defrag failed, specifying the restore point folder as the cause. I have
narrowed it down to a file in one of the sub-folders. I can't find a way to
delete it. It always tells me the file is corrupt. I have tried :

- Turning restore on and off. All restores deleted except this corrupt
folder.

- Overwriting the offending files with an empty notepad file

- Trying to delete with explorer.exe off

- Using a data cleaning tool

I could really do without reinstalling Windows. Any help very gratefully
received

Many thanks

M


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