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- From: dwburman@inmind.com (Dana Burman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Weird Directory that won't delete
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 09:08:25 GMT
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- Barry Wilson (nmelen@nwlink.com) wrote:
- : 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.
-
- First, let me first disqualify my statements by saying that while I'm
- not a novice when it comes to the Amiga I'm not really an expert either.
- (I tend to focus more on using my machine than trying to figure out how
- *everything* works.)
-
- try this... 1) "show all files" from the windows menu
- 2) select the icon for foo
- 3) select "information" from the icons menu
- if the "deletable" box isn't checked, then you may have found
- your problem. If it is checked then you know that it isn't
- because the file is protected
-
- If that fails you could just ignor it (maybe it'll go away :)
-
- : Thanks in advance,
- : Barry nmelen@nwlink.com
-
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