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Very weird windows issue...

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 3:48 am
by Benjamin
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.

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 12:38 pm
by MattF
LOL that's quite a long path, worst comes to worst you could try deleting "new folder" in explorer, though I doubt it will work...

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 3:11 pm
by Benjamin
Yeah tried that (didn't work), thanks Matt..

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 3:28 pm
by volka
oops.....
try to create a smb share, connect yourself to this share and delete the file. But I doubt it works 8O

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 3:32 pm
by hob_goblin
format C:/

:-)

or go grab a magnet...you get the idea

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 3:37 pm
by volka
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 ;)

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 3:53 pm
by Benjamin
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...

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 4:43 pm
by hob_goblin
have you tried just deleting the lowest folder? and emptying the recycle bin?

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 5:45 pm
by Benjamin
Yes but windows first deletes every file in every folder, so when it gets to that file, it aborts the entire process.

Posted: Mon May 27, 2002 10:11 pm
by mydimension
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.

i wish you luck man!!

Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 12:01 am
by Benjamin
Windows XP doesn't allow direct access to hardware, plus it's NTFS, otherwise I would hex edit it... :( :( :(

Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 1:08 am
by volka
ok, I created the directory-tree 'til
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
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

Posted: Tue May 28, 2002 5:19 pm
by gotDNS
try everything:

rename the file if you can then try...or you can always just get a nice little M80 on your HD, that'll solve your problems.

Ya know, I heard an EMP worked too...lol