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Thread ID: 115726	2011-02-01 01:20:00	Linux as a Windows file manager?	BBCmicro (15761)	Press F1

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1174177	2011-02-01 01:20:00	Has anyone had experience of using a Linux boot disc as a rough file manager for Windows? I'm tired of fighting to keep Windows system folders off my external HDD which crashes my standalone media player. My latest plan is to let Windows do whatever it wants then just before I connect the HDD to the media player I boot from Linux and delete RecycleBin, SystemVolumeInformation and anything else suspicious What version of Linux would be best? Needs to be easy to use as I have no knowledge of Linux. Everything is NTFS and I have 8GB memory	BBCmicro (15761)
1174178	2011-02-01 01:31:00	You should keep related probs in the same post. It'll make it easier for people to know what youre talking about. You probably wont be able to delete the recycle bin. Since it (probably wont appear on the desktop in Linux). Or anywhere else. Just hide it. If you can't delete whatever, do it in safe mode. Or see if Unlocker will remove it	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1174179	2011-02-01 01:55:00	Hmm - you're the second person (after Solmeister) to suggest 'hiding' the folders rather than deleting them. Does hiding a folder make it invisible to operating systems as well as to eyes?	BBCmicro (15761)
1174180	2011-02-01 01:59:00	Thats the point of hiding it so you wont see it. But its still there. Unless you use a tweak (I think the recycle bin info is in the registry)	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1174181	2011-02-01 02:09:00	Hiding a folder so you don't see it seems like the common cure for a car's worn constant velocity joints - drive with the window up. The problem is not me seeing the folders, it's my media player seeing them. I don't know what OS the media player has, but not windows	BBCmicro (15761)
1174182	2011-02-01 02:15:00	Sorry BBCmicro but you seem to be way out of your depth and clutching at straws. Speedy is correct in so far as you really should keep related probs in one thread as I, for one, really can't be bothered trolling through several threads in order to try and find out what has been tried etc.	Snorkbox (15764)
1174183	2011-02-01 02:15:00	So did you disable SR?? If the system volume info folder youre talking about is on C or anywhere else but this media player, you'll have to disable SR. Or whoever made this thing, send them an email and complain about it	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1174184	2011-02-01 02:29:00	you seem to be way out of your depth and clutching at straws Sadly I think you are right But the reason I made it a new thread is because that is what I want the answer to - what's the most suitable Linux boot disc to delete a few Windows folders? I did try all the recommendations people gave me - the DOS commands, turning off System Restore, taking ownership of this and that, reading KB308421, and yes, turning off file sharing (I was using XPpro at that point). If they had worked, sweet (as Speedy would say). But they didn't, so I've moved on	BBCmicro (15761)
1174185	2011-02-01 02:32:00	Sadly I think you are right But the reason I made it a new thread is because that is what I want the answer to - what's the most suitable Linux boot disc to delete a few Windows folders? I did try all the recommendations people gave me - the DOS commands, turning off System Restore, taking ownership of this and that, reading KB308421, and yes, turning off file sharing (I was using XPpro at that point). If they had worked, sweet (as Speedy would say). But they didn't, so I've moved on Why dont you put everything in a folder under the root of the driver underneath the system volume folder and point your media player at the folder, NOT the drive, this way it will only see the folder and its contents!	SolMiester (139)
1174186	2011-02-01 02:43:00	Edit - i dont mean inside the system folder but i guess you know what i mean!	SolMiester (139)
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