cannot rename file cannot delete file.

6 Apr 2005 1:19 AM

Dhansberry

I opened a FTP site to all, and had someone put a bunch of junk directories
on my ftp site.
When deleting, I get this error message:
"cannot rename file cannot delete file. Cannot read from the source disk."
I've exhaused all resources trying to delete this folder "tree".
Anyone have any suggestions?

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David M. Hansberry

6 Apr 2005 1:26 AM

Dave Patrick

From a command prompt try;

del \\.\Drive:\directory\filename
(Note: the period between \\ and \)

Also

dir /x
and try deleting them using their 8.3 short names.

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Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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6 Apr 2005 1:41 AM

Dhansberry

It's a folder I'm trying to delete. No files, just a bunch of sub directories.

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"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> From a command prompt try;
>
> del \\.\Drive:\directory\filename
> (Note: the period between \\ and \)
>
> Also
>
> dir /x
> and try deleting them using their 8.3 short names.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Dhansberry" wrote:
> |I opened a FTP site to all, and had someone put a bunch of junk directories
> | on my ftp site.
> | When deleting, I get this error message:
> | "cannot rename file cannot delete file. Cannot read from the source disk."
> | I've exhaused all resources trying to delete this folder "tree".
> | Anyone have any suggestions?
> | --
> | David M. Hansberry
>
>
>

6 Apr 2005 1:50 AM

Dave Patrick

Makes no difference.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Dhansberry" wrote:
| It's a folder I'm trying to delete. No files, just a bunch of sub
directories.

6 Apr 2005 11:57 AM

Crouchie1998

What attributes are on the folders? Can't you right-click & change them?

Crouchie1998
BA (HONS) MCP MCSE

6 Apr 2005 12:45 PM

Dhansberry

I can change it, but when it tries to change the folders within, it says it
can't find them. They are named junk. Like ":[[bigmac scan]];"

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"Crouchie1998" wrote:

> What attributes are on the folders? Can't you right-click & change them?
>
> Crouchie1998
> BA (HONS) MCP MCSE
>
>
>

6 Apr 2005 1:05 PM

Andrew Morton

Dhansberry wrote:

> I opened a FTP site to all, and had someone put a bunch of junk
> directories on my ftp site.
> When deleting, I get this error message:
> "cannot rename file cannot delete file. Cannot read from the source
> disk." I've exhaused all resources trying to delete this folder
> "tree".
> Anyone have any suggestions?

Can you ftp into it and delete them through that?

Andrew

6 Apr 2005 1:25 PM

Dhansberry

No, It won't delete. I've moved the folder out of the ftp site, and onto the
desktop of the server. It will move, but that's the only thing I can do with
it. It's having problems "finding" the folders to delete. I can rename the
top folder, but that's it. I can browse the folders in it (that are all junk
names...) but can't rename any of them. When I try, it says "can't find the
file/folder". I'm thinking this is going to be a chkdsk issue of some sort...

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"Andrew Morton" wrote:

> Dhansberry wrote:
> > I opened a FTP site to all, and had someone put a bunch of junk
> > directories on my ftp site.
> > When deleting, I get this error message:
> > "cannot rename file cannot delete file. Cannot read from the source
> > disk." I've exhaused all resources trying to delete this folder
> > "tree".
> > Anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Can you ftp into it and delete them through that?
>
> Andrew
>
>
>