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Thread ID: 37185	2003-08-31 04:20:00	Deleting file corrupted	colinw (4485)	Press F1

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171849	2003-08-31 04:20:00	I was backing up my system, (don't we all) and found that the CD disk came back as an error. Have found that I have a corrupted file that cannot be read. Have tried to delete this file but windows cannot read it or open it, so it informs me that nothing can be done with it. I suspect that this was originally a Pagemaker file, and is over 10meg. in size, file name ro^ ^&^ Can anyone suggest a way of getting rid of it. Thanks	colinw (4485)
171850	2003-08-31 04:28:00	If the file is on the CD then it can't be deleted... ?:| What version of Windows are you running? > and found that the CD disk came back as an error I'm a little confused as to what you mean here - could you try to explain what is reporting the error? Are you trying to write the file to a CD? or is the file on a CD already? Mike.	Mike (15)
171851	2003-08-31 05:07:00	The filename may be giving troubles with illegal characters. What often works is to use DOS on it. :D Get into the directory and experiment with "DIR ro*.*", "DIR ro*." , and see if it appears in the response. Then you should be able to use the same wildcarded (the "*" or "*"s) in a "DEL ro*.*" or whatever. You'll be OK if it's the only file which appears in the DIR response. If you are worried move all other files expect that into another directory, then "DELTREE" the directory containing it.	Graham L (2)
171852	2003-09-01 01:09:00	To Mike, am running win 2000. Was trying to backup my files to CD. but because I had not noticed the corrupted file the disc itself was corrupted. What I do now is not backup this particular file file, and all is OK. However remembering to do this means I sometimes foo-pah on it. Great to not have to worry about it. Mike has come up with a thought and that is to move the other files to another directory, and leave this on its lonesome. Thanks	colinw (4485)
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