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Thread ID: 66188 2006-02-14 06:48:00 Massive file on portable hard drive ojos (3168) Press F1
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430255 2006-02-14 06:48:00 I was scrolling through one of my portable hard drives today.
I checked a folder I thought I had deleted.
It had a massive file in it.
When I use exploring to view details it says:

Name size Last accessed

~ +a 1,685,243,345 22-10-2014

It won't open in anything
It has no properties other than it has no size on the disk
and it won't let me delete it

any suggestions please

many thanks,

Ojos
ojos (3168)
430256 2006-02-14 07:11:00 Backup anything else important on that hard drive to another storage medium and then proceed to format the bugger! Try it in safe mode if possible. bob_doe_nz (92)
430257 2006-02-15 06:57:00 I was wondering if there was anyway I can find out what the file is as I don't recall ever having a file thatr size on the drive.

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ojos (3168)
430258 2006-02-15 07:01:00 Date looks wierd to me SolMiester (139)
430259 2006-02-16 00:31:00 Don't panic. It isn't a file. It's just a corrupted directory entry. (Maybe it was unplugged while the directory was being written out to it). Scandisk should fix it, by removing that entry, if you can't do it from the Explorer view. Graham L (2)
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