How to delete "Found.000" folder

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Craig

My computer (WinXP Pro SP2) has two separate drives (C and D driver).
During chckdsk, a "Found.000" folder was created on D-drive.
I deleted all recovered files (looks like a garbage) in the "Found.000"
folder.
But I could not delete the "Found.000" folder.
Please tell me how to deleted this useless folder.
Thank you.

Craig
 
Craig,

Are you getting an Access Denied error message ? If so, take Full
Control of the folder by right clicking it, choose Properties.
Click the Security tab.
Ensure that your account has Admin privileges and add it to the User Groups.
Then ensure that the account added has Full Control, Modify, Read and
Execute, List Folder Contents, Read, and Write permissions.

How to set, view, change, or remove file and folder permissions in
Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308418

MowGreen [MVP 2003-2006]
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Hi, Craig.

A folder is not a file, so the Delete command doesn't work on it. Use
"Remove Directory" instead. The command name is left over from the days
before the term "directory" was changed to "folder". The command can be
abbreviated to "rmdir" or to just "rd". There are switches that we can use
with rd, such as /s to remove the whole directory tree, including all its
subfolders and files. As usual in a Command Prompt window, just type the
command followed by "/?" to see a list of the possible switches: rd /?

In your case, type at the Command Prompt:
rd found.000 /s

This should delete the folder and all its contents if you answer Yes when it
asks, "Are you sure?"

RC
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R. C. White, CPA [RC]
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(currently running Windows Mail 7 in Vista x64 Build 5472)
 
My computer (WinXP Pro SP2) has two separate drives (C and D driver).
During chckdsk, a "Found.000" folder was created on D-drive.
I deleted all recovered files (looks like a garbage) in the "Found.000"
folder.
But I could not delete the "Found.000" folder.
Please tell me how to deleted this useless folder.
Thank you.

Craig
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Please, oh PLEASE, don't use the "rd /s" on the root folder ("\") of
"x:" (where "x" is the drive letter), since it will delete ALL folders
on that drive.

Be very careful with this command, and make sure you WANT to remove
that folder, and ALL subfolders under it, since it can very easily
wipe your entire file structure in a few seconds, and there is no
normal way to recover it, since it will remove the Recycle Bin at the
same time.

It won't damage your HD, but it certainly will damage your file
structure.

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Thanks for your advise.
It worked.

Regards,

Craig



R. C. White said:
Hi, Craig.

A folder is not a file, so the Delete command doesn't work on it. Use
"Remove Directory" instead. The command name is left over from the days
before the term "directory" was changed to "folder". The command can be
abbreviated to "rmdir" or to just "rd". There are switches that we can
use with rd, such as /s to remove the whole directory tree, including all
its subfolders and files. As usual in a Command Prompt window, just type
the command followed by "/?" to see a list of the possible switches: rd
/?

In your case, type at the Command Prompt:
rd found.000 /s

This should delete the folder and all its contents if you answer Yes when
it asks, "Are you sure?"

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA [RC]
San Marcos, TX
(e-mail address removed)
Microsoft Windows MVP
(currently running Windows Mail 7 in Vista x64 Build 5472)

Craig said:
My computer (WinXP Pro SP2) has two separate drives (C and D driver).
During chckdsk, a "Found.000" folder was created on D-drive.
I deleted all recovered files (looks like a garbage) in the "Found.000"
folder.
But I could not delete the "Found.000" folder.
Please tell me how to deleted this useless folder.
Thank you.

Craig
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