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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its
attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
ntsf, uh?
"Pete" wrote in message t... I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
Pete wrote:
I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? Run chkdsk /f and then try to delete it. How to use Chkdsk - http://tinyurl.com/2obcd Also see: Undeletable Files: http://aumha.org/a/stubborn.php http://www.petri.co.il/delete_undeletable_files.htm http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_undeletable_file.htm - Pocket KillBox http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
"Jack" notreplyto@it wrote in message ... ntsf, uh? "Pete" wrote in message t... I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? I don't understsand what you mean by "ntsf,uh" |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
"Malke" wrote in message ... Pete wrote: I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? Run chkdsk /f and then try to delete it. How to use Chkdsk - http://tinyurl.com/2obcd Also see: Undeletable Files: http://aumha.org/a/stubborn.php http://www.petri.co.il/delete_undeletable_files.htm http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_undeletable_file.htm - Pocket KillBox http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/files/killbox.php Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User Thanks! I'm running a virus check on the machine. |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
Hi Pete - The following is from my Blog, Defending Your Machine, addy below
in my signatu "Sometimes the tools below will find files which they are unable to delete because they are in use. A program called Copylock, here, http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc can aid in the process of "replacing, moving, renaming or deleting one or many files which are currently in use (e.g. system files like comctl32.dll, or virus/trojan files.)" Another is Killbox by Option Explicit, Beta version available he http://www.killbox.net/downloads/beta/KillBox.exe Overview directions are available he http://www.killbox.net/help.html#Top Read carefully - this tool is quite powerful. A third which is a bit different but often very useful is Delete Invalid File, he http://www.purgeie.com/delinv.htm which handles invalid/UNC file/folder name deleting, rather than the in use problem. A fourth useful program is Unlocker, he ..http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ " Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear. Simply select the lockers and click Unlock and you are done!" Works as advertised and is particularly helpful in identifying malware components which are 'protecting' each other." -- Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP My Blog, Defending Your Machine, http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ "Pete" wrote in message t... I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
"Pete" wrote in message t... I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? Hi Pete, I had a similar problem some time back. I posted to this NG and got some ideas and I eventually deleted the file. Here is are copies of my postings of some time ago. I hope this is of some help. Best of luck. Brian. My post of the problem. I tried to save an attachment from an email (from a reliable source) and something went wrong. It did not save correctly. The file name is there with 0 kb file size. I saved the file again and it saved ok, and I then deleted it. My problem is that I cannot delete the 0 kb file. A message says "Cannot delete file. Cannot read from the source file or disk". It appears that although the file name shows in Windows Explorer, the PC seems to think it is not there. I saved another file with the same file name and extension and then there were two files with identical names in the same folder, but one had 1 kb size. This 1 kb file I can delete, but not the 0 kb file. How can I delete this file? Thank you for any replies. My post after I deleted the file. Hello Rick, Many thanks for your link to Kellys Korner. I went there and tried but it did not work quite like that. I eventually deleted the problem file based on an idea I got from reading Kellys Korner, as follows. 1 The file was in a directory named PowerPoint Data (2 words) 2 I copied all wanted files to another location, leaving only the unwanted file. 3 At the command prompt I went to the directory containing PowerPoint Data and tried to remove the directory with rd /s 4 This did not work. It tried to remove "PowerPoint" and "Data" directories (which don't exist), but this did not work. 5 I renamed the directory "PowerPoint Data" to be only one word "PowerPoint" 6 rd /s then successfully removed the directory including the problem file. I had previously tried to delete the directory using Windows Explorer without success. I had to use the rd /s command. Many thanks to both gentlemen. Regards, Brian. |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
DelinvFile execution module
deleted the file! Incredible, since I tried everything else. This is a winner. Praise God. Thanks for the recommendation. :-) |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
Jim Byrd wrote:
Hi Pete - The following is from my Blog, Defending Your Machine, addy below in my signatu "Sometimes the tools below will find files which they are unable to delete because they are in use. A program called Copylock, here, http://noeld.com/programs.asp?cat=misc can aid in the process of "replacing, moving, renaming or deleting one or many files which are currently in use (e.g. system files like comctl32.dll, or virus/trojan files.)" Another is Killbox by Option Explicit, Beta version available he http://www.killbox.net/downloads/beta/KillBox.exe Overview directions are available he http://www.killbox.net/help.html#Top Read carefully - this tool is quite powerful. A third which is a bit different but often very useful is Delete Invalid File, he http://www.purgeie.com/delinv.htm which handles invalid/UNC file/folder name deleting, rather than the in use problem. A fourth useful program is Unlocker, he .http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ " Simply right click the folder or file and select Unlocker. If the folder or file is locked, a window listing of lockers will appear. Simply select the lockers and click Unlock and you are done!" Works as advertised and is particularly helpful in identifying malware components which are 'protecting' each other." "Pete" wrote in message t... I have tried everything to delete a file with 0 bytes. I have checked its attributes and changed them accordingly. Didn't work. I have tried a "shredder" on it, but no good. I booted to a safe mode with dos window, and still couldn't delete it. The error message I continuously get is "cannot delete file, cannot read from the file source disk or file." How the h*ll do I get rid of it? Any ideas? Hmm, that's a pretty good collection of apparently useful apps there, Jim. Most are new to me but from what I saw in brief visits, I'll be checking them more closely for my own arsenal. Thanks Pop` |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
YW, Pete. Glad it did the job for you.
-- Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP My Blog, Defending Your Machine, http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ "Pete" wrote in message t... DelinvFile execution module deleted the file! Incredible, since I tried everything else. This is a winner. Praise God. Thanks for the recommendation. :-) |
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Can't delete file of 0 bytes!! Aaargh!
YW, Pop. Hope you do find them useful. You might want to take a look at
the rest of the Blog also, (in case you were only referring to the file deletion stuff. I like to think that the rest of what's there is pretty useful also - at least that's the intent. ) -- Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP My Blog, Defending Your Machine, http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/ "Pop`" wrote in message ... Hmm, that's a pretty good collection of apparently useful apps there, Jim. Most are new to me but from what I saw in brief visits, I'll be checking them more closely for my own arsenal. Thanks Pop` |
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