Cannot delete a folder

[xe77]

Run CHKDSK on that drive to correct any problems with the
file system.

Start > Run... > "cmd" [ENTER]
chkdsk d: /f [ENTER]


>-----Original Message-----
>I have a machine running XP Home.
>I have two drives. The first is partitioned into c: and
e: with the OS and
>all my apps on c: drive and my data on e: drive.
>The second hard drive is drive d: and is used exclusively
to store video
>files.
>My problem is that somehow or other I have ended up with
a strange folder on
>drive d: The folder name is a long string of letters and
numbers and it
>contains two subfolders called sp1 and sp2. I assume
these are Windows
>service packs. I have the service packs safely installed
on drive c: and I
>want to get rid of the mysterious folder on drive d: but
my machine won't
>let me. I keep getting "access denied" or "cannot delete
(folder name). Make
>sure file is not in use" etc. etc.
>I have tried changing the attributes to remove "Read
Only" but that didn't
>work. I also tried deleting the folder from a DOS window
but that didn't
>work either. I don't want to have to reformat this drive
as I also have a
>very large AVI file stored there that I don't want to
lose and is too big to
>transfer to any other storage.
>Any ideas please?
>TIA
>Badger
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