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I am running windows XP pro which was installed onto a newly formated disk and is using the ntfs file system.
There is a file on my C: drive called images.part which is impossible to delete.
When I go the command prompt and navigate to this file this is what happens.
del images.part
THE FILENAME OR EXTENSION IS TOO LONG
del *.*
ARE YOU SURE (Y/N) y
THE PATH C:\PROGRAM FILES\SUPERBOT\NEW FOLDER\MICROSOFT.COM\TURKIYE\BASIN\IMAGES\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\BANNER\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\BANNER\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\BANNER\IMAGES\AUG2000\HOME\IMAGES~1.PAR IS TOO LONG
del images~1.par
THE FILENAME OR EXTENSION IS TOO LONG.
etc... etc... etc...
Trying to access the file from explorer almost always crashes it, and trying to do anything with the file from there has the same results. Any clue on how to get rid of it? This file should have been impossible to create.
you may also pull off the seal and wash the file off the hardisk with cold water and a brush. This will prevent the OS from reading the data - unfortunatly not only the OS and not only this file
I have also tried running scandisk to no avail. I know that i can format C:, but my goal is to get rid of it without doing that, besides it's just one annoying little file...
this is just another example of how M$ fails to think outside the box. (if you don't believe me, shoot me an email. ill prove it.)
you might try calling tech support but with their pre-written answers they may tell you to re-format. you could also try hex editing the drive but that is, needless to say, risky. thats about all i can think of, and ive been dealing with dos since pre Win3.1.
so only a '\HOME' was missing. Then I created a share on this directory, connteced to this share (that is \\kernschmelze\AUG2000) and create the missing directory. It worked.
created a file and removed it afterwards. This also worked. removed \home on \\kernschmelze\AUG2000 and could delete the rest of the tree on c:\PROGRAM FILES
Try it