[ale] "undeleteable" file

[zeb]

On Wednesday 01 September 2004 02:21 pm, Preston Boyington wrote:
> I have a file/folder on my usb drive that is corrupt.  In the file
> name there are squares/numbers/?/+ and other such junk.  I believe
> that when my friend was using the drive he unplugged it while a
> transfer was in progress or maybe his XP machine locked it up.
>
> My problem is this: I can't delete the file from Windows or Linux. 
> I booted to a Knoppix disk that I had and it barfed when I tried to
> delete the file (gave me a similar error message as Windows,
> actually).  What is the best way to remove this file from the
> drive?  Worst case I will remove all my good information and format
> it (8GB), but was hoping for a better way in case this should
> happen again.
>
> Thanks,
> Preston
> _______________________________________________

One method I have used for deleting 'undeletable' files is to create a 
folder (name it "messed up"), move the undeletable file into the 
'messed up' folder, and then delete the 'messed up' folder.  I think 
I did that under OS/2.

Zeb