Harley
December 11th 03, 09:24 PM
I am running Windows XP and my root directory has a bad
file entry in it. It is zero length, and when you try to
delete it says "Cannot delete file. File is corrupted or
unreadable." When I try to run scandisk, it goes through
phase 1 and most of phase 2, then says "Scandisk cannot
be completed on this drive." I've also tried deleting
the file from a command prompt, and from Cygwin. Neither
one works.
I just want to delete this file, I won't have problems in
the future. Is there a way to delete a file entry that
doesn't point to anything? (I think that's what's going
on.)
Thanks.
file entry in it. It is zero length, and when you try to
delete it says "Cannot delete file. File is corrupted or
unreadable." When I try to run scandisk, it goes through
phase 1 and most of phase 2, then says "Scandisk cannot
be completed on this drive." I've also tried deleting
the file from a command prompt, and from Cygwin. Neither
one works.
I just want to delete this file, I won't have problems in
the future. Is there a way to delete a file entry that
doesn't point to anything? (I think that's what's going
on.)
Thanks.