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| 355229 | 2005-05-15 02:17:00 | They are not "dodgy". They are a few corrupted bytes in the directory. They won't actually do any harm. Directory entries don't "do" anything; they are just data for the file system. The "characters" of the name are illegal in filenames, that's why the system won't touch them. You might be able to use a wildcard delete in DOS if you can get the code for "mu" into a command line.The "Alt/keypad octal" might do it. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 355230 | 2005-05-15 02:20:00 | Oh well done Graham L. And sorry about the double post. :) | mark c (247) | ||
| 355231 | 2005-05-15 02:21:00 | Do the maintenance in Safe Mode. Maybe "thorough". | mark c (247) | ||
| 355232 | 2005-05-15 02:26:00 | Thanx. Have just had a look there but don't think it covers this. Still got plenty of HD room. Can't move, rename or delete. Had a look via DOS but would be unable to type the hieroglyphics - it's getting to be a real puzzle ( and a pain) | Dundonian (8117) | ||
| 355233 | 2005-05-15 02:51:00 | OK! The laborious part: never tried this before for anything but:- Can I move all the stuff I want to keep to another partition ( leaving behind the nasties) then format D drive only without stuffing up the rest of my partitions C & E drives ? Is this feasible? I then move the good files back including rehashing swap-file? Or do I just live with it ? |
Dundonian (8117) | ||
| 355234 | 2005-05-15 03:02:00 | Before doing that, try this. In DOS, get to the directory and: dir <mu>* [for "<mu>" do Alt+0181 (keypad digits)] If that shows the baddies, try again but using del instead of dir. In DOS, dir is a good way to test the expansion of wildcards. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 355235 | 2005-05-15 03:20:00 | Hi Marck... slightly off course here, but re your.... but then I wonder how your windows managed swap file got onto D:? I too have my swap file in (D:), but because I put it there. Some many moons ago I read somewhere that the swap file would run better in its own drive and I created C, D and E on an 80 drive. C being the OS and programmes, D being Swap and E being data. It seemed to run okay so I have never changed it again. Certainly no scientific reasons....... ;) | Scouse (83) | ||
| 355236 | 2005-05-15 03:33:00 | I did the same as Scouse re "swap file" many moons ago and for the same reason. Have just tried to delete offending files via DOS but ALT 0181 doesn't bring up the same character as that in the file name ; comes up with µ here OK but when I try same thing in DOS it's a totally different character; even tho' µ is showing clearly when I DIR the drive. It's driving me nuts! |
Dundonian (8117) | ||
| 355237 | 2005-05-15 04:02:00 | Boot from a live linux CD like Mepis or Knoppix or, for a much smaller download, Insert or EBCD. Mound your D drive and open it in a file browser. Rename or delete the files. | Murray P (44) | ||
| 355238 | 2005-05-15 04:26:00 | Re the drive of the swap file . I suppose that it is on C: by default so if it is anywhere else someone has moved it so thought if that is the case you could move it back . Thereby freeing up the drive for formatting . (Once you'd moved what you wanted to save . ) I would still try a thorough scandisk in Safe Mode maintenance . Has worked for me with corrupted files . |
mark c (247) | ||
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