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- From: nomail@sorry.schoolscomputer
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Weird Directory that won't delete
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 22:42:42 GMT
- Organization: telepac
- Message-ID: <4cjd8q$46e@vivaldi.telepac.pt>
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- nmelen@nwlink.com (Barry Wilson) wrote:
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- >HELP... I have a directory on my hardrive named "foo". It will not
- >delete. I get a weird error message-something about an incorrect pointer
- >(I seem to have misplaced my notes) When I try to defrag my drive, it
- >also gives me an error, and refuses to continue. I am desperate. I've
- >tried using 'Delete foo force', I even tried building an lharcive with a
- >new directory named 'foo' and unarched it hoping to overwrite the old one.
- >Please, please, please tell me that I do not have to reformat my hard drive.
-
- >Thanks in advance,
- >Barry nmelen@nwlink.com
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- It happened to me once or twice. I only got it deleted using
- AmiBackTools or QuarterBackTools.
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