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KillBox 90 KB
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FileASSASSIN 163 KB
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This is a trick to delete an undeletable file by restoring a
file over it with a file created with the same name using a
drive imaging program.

Instructions:

1. Create a text file and write in it some letters, anything.

2. Save that file in your root drive (C: for example) with the
same exact name and extension as the file you want to delete.

3. Now make a backup your new file (I used Acronis True Image).

4. Open your backup program and restore the file you created to
the folder where the undeletable file is, overwriting it.

4. Now you can delete it!

5. Run chkdsk.


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"BillVa" <BillVa@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:BED7CD86-CBF3-4F10-A5E9-C16140213DE2@microsoft.com...
> I have Windows XP Media Center Edition on my computer and I'm the only user.
> Over the yrs I have done 4 complete system restores on the computer. Each
> time I've done one a strange folder appears on a secondary drive. It's always
> just a jumble of letters and numbers, like this:
>
> 1f51b16e8f7767f039c58f34385d83f3
>
> I can't either access the folders or delete them. I've tried to change the
> attributes from read only but that doesn't work and when I've tried to delete
> the folders I get 'access is denied' error messages.
>
> Can anyone please help?