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I don't think recovery console will work either. I can
delete the directory the file is in if I create a new
file in the same directory with the same name as the 0
byte file, which shouldn't be possible since you can't
have 2 files with exactly same name in the same
location. The only problem with this solution is that
once the directory is in the recycle bin you can't empty
it. It's like there's a pointer to a file that doesn't
actually exist, which is why it can't be deleted and
allows a duplicate file name. As far as the operating
system is concerned the file doesn't exist, the file name
is visible but it has no properties. Our backup software
see's the file name but can't back it up because it's not
really there. It's a ghost file.
>-----Original Message-----
>i guess the other solution would be to get a dos ntfs
reader/writer
>(sysinternals.com should have one) and boot into a dos
mode to delete it.
>Maybe try deleteing it from within the recovery consol
first.You can get to
>it by booting to the install disk and following the
prompt for recovery and
>repairs. You might be stuck going in with a hex editor
and physicaly
>removing it too. That would get a little complicated for
me to explain and
>i'm not entirly sure if it can be done on a ntfs drive
like it can on a fat
>drive.
>
>Usually the closing explorer down does the trick on
anything i have seen.
>maybe someone else would have another solution. of
course you can always
>backup and reformat the drive. that seems a little
drastic but if it is
>causing alot of issues, it might be somethign worth
thinking about. I would
>love to have access to the drive just to play around
with it. try deleting
>it from a recovery console and let me know if it gives
any errors. those
>errors might be a little more intuitive and offer more
to go with in finding
>a solution that would work.
>
>"eots" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:2e6101c470c9$06956d10$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> That doesn't work either, the file will not delete and
>> it's also interferring with our backups because the
file
>> can't be read.
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >There is probably an easier way of doing it but
generaly
>> if you open the
>> >task manager and kill explorer, you can then select
the
>> open program dialog
>> >and browse to the file/folder and right click and
>> delete. Then all you
>> >should have to do is browse to the explorer and open
it.
>> all shoudl be back
>> >to normal and this shouldn't interupt any services
your
>> server is
>> >performing.
>> >
>> >
>> >"eots" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message
>> >news:25f801c47027$812222f0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> >> I have a corrupt data file in a users directory on
the
>> >> server that's 0 bytes and can't be deleted. Is
there
>> >> anyway to remove this file from the server?
>> >>
>> >> I've already tried using a delete utility called
>> Killbox
>> >> as well as CHKDSK.
>> >
>> >
>> >.
>> >
>
>
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