Periodically, I need to delete thousands of files that are being backed up
daily to an external drive. I do not want to reformat the drive. Does anyone
know of a program that will delete directories and files faster than the
Windows XP Delete command? I would really like one that does unattended
deletes without asking any questions about whether I want to delete
particular files, such as DAT files.

Thanks

You might create a Batch file and use the RMDir command with it's
qualifiers /S /Q. ( Just be careful to invoke it in the correct folder
path ).

"mcarpeneto" <mcarpeneto@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Periodically, I need to delete thousands of files that are being backed up
> daily to an external drive. I do not want to reformat the drive. Does
> anyone know of a program that will delete directories and files faster
> than the Windows XP Delete command? I would really like one that does
> unattended deletes without asking any questions about whether I want to
> delete particular files, such as DAT files.
>
> Thanks
>