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More info?)
Thanks. It was a disk problem, although I couldn't use C prompt I finally
figured it out through some other quieries.
"Bob Harris" wrote:
> The folder might be infected, just corrupted.
>
> So, first try ixing the file system, just in case that is the root problem.
>
> Open a command prompt and type "CHKDSK C: /R" without the quotes. Hit
> return, then type "Y" without quotes when it asks if you want to do this
> during the next reboot. Reboot. CHKDSK should find/fx file system errors,
> including directory errors. This variation of CHKDSK may run up to an hour,
> so be patient.
>
> After running CHKDSK, if you still have troubles with this folder, then
> attack it from outside of XP. The simplest way to do this would be to run
> the XP recovery console, form the XP CDROM, or from the multi-loppy set
> (free download from Microsoft).
>
> However, by default the recovery console limits what you can do, so before
> entering it I recommend that you do the following:
>
> Run REGEDIT and change two things that appear on the same page:
>
>
>
> Start à Run à Regedit
>
>
> Navigate to
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\RecoveryConsole
>
>
> Set the DWORD SecurityLevel value to 1
>
>
>
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Setup\
> RecoveryConsole
>
>
>
> Set the DWORD SetCommand value to 1
>
>
> Then, once you get into the recovery console, type the following command:
>
> SET ALLOWALLPATHS = TRUE
> This will allow you to navigate to anywhere on the PC, not just the windows
> system area.
>
> By the way, the security level registry hack will skip the need to know the
> administrator password to enter the recovery console.
>
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>
>
>
> "learning" <learning@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:EAC8ACD9-EC0F-4EC7-AE5E-B972C63921E3@microsoft.com...
> >I stubbled across a folder within the C: Drive when I ran ADware program.
> >It
> > froze on this folder and did not complete the analysis. After going the
> > folder I tried to see what it contained and found that I got a pop up
> > message
> > " Disk is not formatted"
> > "The disk in drive C is not formatted. Do you want to format it now? Yes
> > or
> > No"
> > I tried to delete the folder and tried to move it and it wouldn't allow me
> > to do either one. I ran spy bot and Norton virus scan and neither pick up
> > the folder as a problem.
> >
> > Can anyone tell how I can removed/ delete this folder.
>
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