Computer Help

audiobliss
audiobliss Posts: 12,518
edited September 2009 in The Clubhouse
I have a file on my computer that got messed up in downloading. It says it's 0 bytes, and it won't let me delete it or rename it, because "cannot be read from the source file or disk."

How can I get rid of this?
George Grand wrote: »
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Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
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  • disneyjoe7
    disneyjoe7 Posts: 11,435
    edited September 2009
    Sometimes booting into safe mode helps, in deleting a file.

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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2009
    Thanks. I'll try that sometime tonight or tomorrow.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • exalted512
    exalted512 Posts: 10,735
    edited September 2009
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2009
    jerk
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • SWFalken
    SWFalken Posts: 136
    edited September 2009
    I'm not sure anymore but I used to boot into dos and remove the offending files manually. I have not had to do that in a very long time and I'm not even sure you can do things like that with newer versions of Windows.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited September 2009
    + 1 for rebooting into safe mode
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2009
    Ok, STUPID question. But I remember I had to ask this last time I wanted to boot into safe mode. HOW do I boot into safe mode? On the boot screen I didn't see any of the F-keys being bound to booting into safe mode.
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2009
    Lasareath wrote: »
    Every 0.25 seconds hit the F8 button while the computer is booting. that will give you the menu to choose safe mode





    That error usually means that there is a bad sector on your hard disc and that's why it can't be removed.

    I would do a defrag and a scandisk first, then try to remove it.
    Ok, am defragging now.

    Thanks for the advice!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2009
    Ok, problem. I defragged, still got the same error.

    Then I booted into safe mode, and I still got the same error.

    :(
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2009
    Put your right hand in the air while you click your heels together and hold down all the F keys. Then use your tongue to restart the computer, that should work.
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  • audiobliss
    audiobliss Posts: 12,518
    edited September 2009
    Airplay355 wrote: »
    Put your right hand in the air while you click your heels together and hold down all the F keys. Then use your tongue to restart the computer, that should work.
    Can you come help me? I'm holding my right hand in the air...I'm pretty sure I'm holding it high enough...but I can't mash down all these F-keys with just my left hand.

    Oh, and is the regular 'F' key between 'D' and 'G' included in 'hold down all the F keys'?

    Thanks!!!!
    George Grand wrote: »
    Jstas wrote: »
    Simple question. If you had a cool million bucks, what would you do with it?
    Wonder WTF happened to the rest of my money.
    In Use
    PS3, Yamaha CDR-HD1300, Plex, Amazon Fire TV Gen 2
    Pioneer Elite VSX-52, Parasound HCA-1000A
    Klipsch RF-82ii, RC-62ii, RS-42ii, RW-10d
    Epson 8700UB
    In Storage
    [Home Audio]
    Rotel RCD-02, Yamaha KX-W900U, Sony ST-S500ES, Denon DP-7F
    Pro-Ject Phono Box MKII, Parasound P/HP-850, ASL Wave 20 monoblocks
    Klipsch RF-35, RB-51ii
    [Car Audio]
    Pioneer Premier DEH-P860MP, Memphis 16-MCA3004, Boston Acoustic RC520
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited September 2009
    just a suggestion but check this url for tips...
    curious to know what OS you are using.

    Cannot delete file Cannot read from the source file or disk

    You cannot delete a file or a folder on an NTFS file system volume
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/320081

    See: Invalid File Names here...
    How to locate and correct disk space problems on NTFS volumes in Windows XP
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315688

    How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/120716

    How to Remove Files with Reserved Names in Windows XP
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315226
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited September 2009
    I'm assuming you're on Xp or Vista.

    Try running chkdsk /r from a command prompt. If the file is on your system partition (C drive), it'll ask you to reboot and check disk will run when it boots up. Hopefully, this will fix it by removing the offending file or unlocking it so you can delete it. If the file is not on your C partition, you'll get a warning that the partition is locked and in use and it'll ask if you want to unlock it for check disk to use. Type 'Y' or "yes' (I forget which) and let it do its thing.

    Good luck and keep a close eye on your drive. It may be dieing and you may wish to start back stuff up.
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  • JohnObrain55
    JohnObrain55 Posts: 10
    Use LongPathTool, Long Path Tool can simplify and probably end your problems in unlocking, managing and renaming files that appear to have a long filename.
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  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 11,051
    I'm going out on a limb...but I think they have solved it in the past 10 years. But thanks for your input
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