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I have a couple of drives that were used as the boot drive in other
machines, but now I just want to use them for data. Each drive has a directory I want to keep, but I want to delete the system files. I am getting a "cannot delete" error. |
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"Metspitzer" wrote in message
... I have a couple of drives that were used as the boot drive in other machines, but now I just want to use them for data. Each drive has a directory I want to keep, but I want to delete the system files. I am getting a "cannot delete" error. Under Windows, this error message suggests you have booted from this system partition. 1. Connect the drive otherwise, i.e. be sure you boot into Safe Mode from another drive. You should then be able to delete X:/windows OK -- if necessary via CMD by RMDIR X:/windows 2. If not, the fastest solution is: -- copy to another drive the data directories you want to keep -- reformat the whole partition -- copy data directories back wherever you want. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |
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![]() "Metspitzer" wrote in message ... I have a couple of drives that were used as the boot drive in other machines, but now I just want to use them for data. Each drive has a directory I want to keep, but I want to delete the system files. I am getting a "cannot delete" error. Several ways to do it. Copy the data off the drives then just format them (and copy the data back) or... boot with a Linux live cd and delete the files from there |
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