[Faith Risa]

HI all,
About a week ago, I started to get this message when emptying the Recycle
Bin--"Cannot delete file; cannot read from the source file or disk". I seem
to have 2 unknown items in the bin that I cannot remove. I have no real
idea what items they are as they do not show in the recycle bin. I have
added test items to the bin and if there are 3 new items, I am asked if I
want to delete the 5 items, I choose "yes" and then get the message above.
I have googled and tried many of the suggestions but still no luck. I am
using XP. Any suggestions?
Many thanks,
Faith

[Richard Urban]

Open a command prompt window. Run chkdsk C: /f - if your operating system
in located on drive C: You will have to reboot for this to run. Then try to
empty the recycle bin again.

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Faith Risa" <faith@zendog.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:urZ71qpeFHA.2984@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> HI all,
> About a week ago, I started to get this message when emptying the Recycle
> Bin--"Cannot delete file; cannot read from the source file or disk". I
> seem to have 2 unknown items in the bin that I cannot remove. I have no
> real idea what items they are as they do not show in the recycle bin. I
> have added test items to the bin and if there are 3 new items, I am asked
> if I want to delete the 5 items, I choose "yes" and then get the message
> above. I have googled and tried many of the suggestions but still no luck.
> I am using XP. Any suggestions?
> Many thanks,
> Faith
>

[S.Sengupta]

How do I delete an "undeletable" file?
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tip­s/xp_undeletable_file.htm

Run chkdsk to check bad sectors as well.

regards,
ssg MS-MVP


Faith Risa wrote:

> HI all,
> About a week ago, I started to get this message when emptying the Recycle
> Bin--"Cannot delete file; cannot read from the source file or disk". I seem
> to have 2 unknown items in the bin that I cannot remove. I have no real
> idea what items they are as they do not show in the recycle bin. I have
> added test items to the bin and if there are 3 new items, I am asked if I
> want to delete the 5 items, I choose "yes" and then get the message above.
> I have googled and tried many of the suggestions but still no luck. I am
> using XP. Any suggestions?
> Many thanks,
> Faith
>
>

[Faith Risa]

Thank you for the messages. I've tried the chkdsk suggestion twice with no
luck. I cannot seem to do the other suggestion as I do not know the names
of the files which are in the recycle bin. The bin shows zero files but
when I add new "trash", it shows 2 items more than what is really in there.
Now what? All ideas welcome.
Thanks again,
Faith

"S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
news:ul$$2treFHA.3160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> How do I delete an "undeletable" file?
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tip­s/xp_undeletable_file.htm
>
> Run chkdsk to check bad sectors as well.
>
> regards,
> ssg MS-MVP
>
>
> Faith Risa wrote:
>
>> HI all,
>> About a week ago, I started to get this message when emptying the Recycle
>> Bin--"Cannot delete file; cannot read from the source file or disk". I
>> seem to have 2 unknown items in the bin that I cannot remove. I have no
>> real idea what items they are as they do not show in the recycle bin. I
>> have added test items to the bin and if there are 3 new items, I am asked
>> if I want to delete the 5 items, I choose "yes" and then get the message
>> above. I have googled and tried many of the suggestions but still no
>> luck. I am using XP. Any suggestions?
>> Many thanks,
>> Faith

[Faith Risa]

"Faith Risa" <faith@zendog.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:OyApfg2eFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Thank you for the messages. I've tried the chkdsk suggestion twice with
> no luck. I cannot seem to do the other suggestion as I do not know the
> names of the files which are in the recycle bin. The bin shows zero files
> but when I add new "trash", it shows 2 items more than what is really in
> there. Now what? All ideas welcome.
> Thanks again,
> Faith
>


Any other suggestions?


> "S.Sengupta" <ssengupta_@msn.com> wrote in message
> news:ul$$2treFHA.3160@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> How do I delete an "undeletable" file?
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tip­s/xp_undeletable_file.htm
>>
>> Run chkdsk to check bad sectors as well.
>>
>> regards,
>> ssg MS-MVP
>>
>>
>> Faith Risa wrote:
>>
>>> HI all,
>>> About a week ago, I started to get this message when emptying the
>>> Recycle Bin--"Cannot delete file; cannot read from the source file or
>>> disk". I seem to have 2 unknown items in the bin that I cannot remove.
>>> I have no real idea what items they are as they do not show in the
>>> recycle bin. I have added test items to the bin and if there are 3 new
>>> items, I am asked if I want to delete the 5 items, I choose "yes" and
>>> then get the message above. I have googled and tried many of the
>>> suggestions but still no luck. I am using XP. Any suggestions?
>>> Many thanks,
>>> Faith
>
>

[Rock]

Faith Risa wrote:

> "Faith Risa" <faith@zendog.nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:OyApfg2eFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>
>>Thank you for the messages. I've tried the chkdsk suggestion twice with
>>no luck. I cannot seem to do the other suggestion as I do not know the
>>names of the files which are in the recycle bin. The bin shows zero files
>>but when I add new "trash", it shows 2 items more than what is really in
>>there. Now what? All ideas welcome.
>>Thanks again,
>>Faith

Go to Kelly's site, http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_abc.htm, click on
"R", then scroll down to recycle bin for some troubleshooting tips.

--
Rock
MS MVP Windows - Shell/User

[Nightowl]

>Faith Risa wrote:
>
>> "Faith Risa" <faith@zendog.nospam.net> wrote in message
>>news:OyApfg2eFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>
>>>Thank you for the messages. I've tried the chkdsk suggestion twice
>>>with no luck. I cannot seem to do the other suggestion as I do not
>>>know the names of the files which are in the recycle bin. The bin
>>>shows zero files but when I add new "trash", it shows 2 items more
>>>than what is really in there. Now what? All ideas welcome.
>>>Thanks again,
>>>Faith

Faith, you could try this to see if you can see the names of the mystery
files in a Dos box (the bits in brackets just explain what you should
see). Don't be put off by the length of this, it's really easy to do.

Click Start > run, type cmd, click OK. (Box opens)

Type cd C:\recycler <enter> (directory changes to C:\recycler)

Type dir /ah <enter> (shows hidden files)

You should see 3 entries with <DIR > next to them. One is a dot, one is
2 dots, and one is a very long number, probably starting S-1-5-21. I'm
not sure if the name of this file is always the same, so you need to
look at your own one.

Type cd <the very long number, without these brackets> <enter>
(directory changes to C:\recycler\very_long_number)

Type dir (you should get a listing of any files in the Recycle Bin)

Files in the bin have their names changed and they normally look
something like this: Dc22.TTF, for example, is a font file I deleted.
But if there are any corrupted files they may look different from that.

If you can see them, try deleting them from there:

Type del *.* (star-dot-star) <enter>
If asked: Are you sure Y/N type y <enter>

The type dir <enter> again to see if they're gone.

If you can't see them or they won't delete, try doing the whole thing
again in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Hope this helps some.

(P.S. In trying this out I just emptied my bin in Dos but when I came
back to Windows the bin icon was still showing full and didn't change
even with F5 refresh. I fixed it by putting a test file in the bin and
then emptying it. Now icon is correct again :-)

--
Nightowl

[Faith Risa]

"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:cKNljje8otwCFwh9@black.hole...
>
>>Faith Risa wrote:
>>
>>> "Faith Risa" <faith@zendog.nospam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OyApfg2eFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Thank you for the messages. I've tried the chkdsk suggestion twice with
>>>>no luck. I cannot seem to do the other suggestion as I do not know the
>>>>names of the files which are in the recycle bin. The bin shows zero
>>>>files but when I add new "trash", it shows 2 items more than what is
>>>>really in there. Now what? All ideas welcome.
>>>>Thanks again,
>>>>Faith
>
> Faith, you could try this to see if you can see the names of the mystery
> files in a Dos box (the bits in brackets just explain what you should
> see). Don't be put off by the length of this, it's really easy to do.
>
> Click Start > run, type cmd, click OK. (Box opens)
>
> Type cd C:\recycler <enter> (directory changes to C:\recycler)
>
> Type dir /ah <enter> (shows hidden files)
>
> You should see 3 entries with <DIR > next to them. One is a dot, one is 2
> dots, and one is a very long number, probably starting S-1-5-21. I'm not
> sure if the name of this file is always the same, so you need to look at
> your own one.
>
> Type cd <the very long number, without these brackets> <enter>
> (directory changes to C:\recycler\very_long_number)
>
> Type dir (you should get a listing of any files in the Recycle Bin)
>
> Files in the bin have their names changed and they normally look something
> like this: Dc22.TTF, for example, is a font file I deleted. But if there
> are any corrupted files they may look different from that.
>
> If you can see them, try deleting them from there:
>
> Type del *.* (star-dot-star) <enter>
> If asked: Are you sure Y/N type y <enter>
>
> The type dir <enter> again to see if they're gone.
>
> If you can't see them or they won't delete, try doing the whole thing
> again in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Hope this helps some.
>
> (P.S. In trying this out I just emptied my bin in Dos but when I came back
> to Windows the bin icon was still showing full and didn't change even with
> F5 refresh. I fixed it by putting a test file in the bin and then emptying
> it. Now icon is correct again :-)
>
> --
> Nightowl

Nightowl,
You rock--your directions were EXCELLENT. I quickly located two very long
items in the recycler directory. I was not successful using the del *.*
instructions so I used the help file and wound up using "rmdir" -- I learned
that I needed to delete the newest file and then the initial file. It took
a while but I am so pleased to see the recycle bin is finally empty. Your
instructions were by far the best. Thanks again for your assistance and
your response! Have a great day!
Faith

[Richard Urban]

Nice bit of help. Congrats!

--
Regards,

Richard Urban

If you knew as much as you thought you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!


"Nightowl" <owl@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message
news:cKNljje8otwCFwh9@black.hole...
>
>>Faith Risa wrote:
>>
>>> "Faith Risa" <faith@zendog.nospam.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OyApfg2eFHA.2736@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>>>Thank you for the messages. I've tried the chkdsk suggestion twice with
>>>>no luck. I cannot seem to do the other suggestion as I do not know the
>>>>names of the files which are in the recycle bin. The bin shows zero
>>>>files but when I add new "trash", it shows 2 items more than what is
>>>>really in there. Now what? All ideas welcome.
>>>>Thanks again,
>>>>Faith
>
> Faith, you could try this to see if you can see the names of the mystery
> files in a Dos box (the bits in brackets just explain what you should
> see). Don't be put off by the length of this, it's really easy to do.
>
> Click Start > run, type cmd, click OK. (Box opens)
>
> Type cd C:\recycler <enter> (directory changes to C:\recycler)
>
> Type dir /ah <enter> (shows hidden files)
>
> You should see 3 entries with <DIR > next to them. One is a dot, one is 2
> dots, and one is a very long number, probably starting S-1-5-21. I'm not
> sure if the name of this file is always the same, so you need to look at
> your own one.
>
> Type cd <the very long number, without these brackets> <enter>
> (directory changes to C:\recycler\very_long_number)
>
> Type dir (you should get a listing of any files in the Recycle Bin)
>
> Files in the bin have their names changed and they normally look something
> like this: Dc22.TTF, for example, is a font file I deleted. But if there
> are any corrupted files they may look different from that.
>
> If you can see them, try deleting them from there:
>
> Type del *.* (star-dot-star) <enter>
> If asked: Are you sure Y/N type y <enter>
>
> The type dir <enter> again to see if they're gone.
>
> If you can't see them or they won't delete, try doing the whole thing
> again in Safe Mode with Command Prompt. Hope this helps some.
>
> (P.S. In trying this out I just emptied my bin in Dos but when I came back
> to Windows the bin icon was still showing full and didn't change even with
> F5 refresh. I fixed it by putting a test file in the bin and then emptying
> it. Now icon is correct again :-)
>
> --
> Nightowl

[Nightowl]

Faith Risa wrote on Wed, 29 Jun 2005:

>Nightowl,
>You rock--your directions were EXCELLENT. I quickly located two very long
>items in the recycler directory. I was not successful using the del *.*
>instructions so I used the help file and wound up using "rmdir" -- I learned
>that I needed to delete the newest file and then the initial file. It took
>a while but I am so pleased to see the recycle bin is finally empty. Your
>instructions were by far the best. Thanks again for your assistance and
>your response! Have a great day!


Hey, Faith, you made my day!

Thanks so much for the kind words. I'm so glad you managed to nuke those
pesky files at last.

Happy bin-emptying :-)

--
Nightowl

[Nightowl]

Richard Urban wrote on Wed, 29 Jun 2005:

>Nice bit of help. Congrats!
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Richard Urban


How nice of you, Richard -- thank you very much. I have to admit I'm
thrilled when something works :-)

Best wishes to you,

--
Nightowl