Unable to delete file

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Joshua Beall

Hi all,

I have several very large video files on a 1394 drive that I captured from a
VHS source while doing some video editing work. I've got my final product
now, and no longer need the massive DV files that I captured. The problem
is, for whatever reason, XP won't let me delete them. It claims that
another process is using these files. Rebooting the system doesn't help,
either. I've actually had this problem once before with XP, and the only
way I was able to solve it was to boot into safe mode and delete the files
from the command prompt. But in this case, that solution won't work,
because booting into safe mode cuts me off from accessing the 1394 drive.

I have tried killing every noncritical process, and I still get the same
error. For the life of me, I cannot figure out what to do, and now I have 7
gigs of data that I will never use again, just sitting on my drive. Anybody
have any suggestions?

I've thought of taking the drive to another 1394 capable machine, but there
are none nearby, and I'm hoping to not have to deal with that. If there are
no other options, though, I suppose I'll just have to take it to a friends
who has a 1394 interface and try that.

-Josh
 
The Microsoft (IEEE 1394 Bus host controllers) ohci1394 driver is boot time,
just like scsi. It would be available in safe mode. If not, try booting
recovery console from the CD.

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| I have several very large video files on a 1394 drive that I captured from a
| VHS source while doing some video editing work. I've got my final product
| now, and no longer need the massive DV files that I captured. The problem
| is, for whatever reason, XP won't let me delete them. It claims that
| another process is using these files. Rebooting the system doesn't help,
| either. I've actually had this problem once before with XP, and the only
| way I was able to solve it was to boot into safe mode and delete the files
| from the command prompt. But in this case, that solution won't work,
| because booting into safe mode cuts me off from accessing the 1394 drive.
|
 
Groove said:
Joshua Beall said this...


Have a read through here, a few ideas to try...
http://www.dvdrhelp.com/forum/archive/t100406.html
Click to expand...

Thanks, that did it. The solution was to right click on the file, hit
properties, and then wait for the properties window to come up before trying
to delete/move the file. It seems that XP is trying to scan the entire file
for bitrate information or some such thing, and you have to wait until it
finishes before trying to delete it (or else you get the "file being
accessed by another process" error). By pulling up the properties window,
you have a way of knowing when it has finished scanning the file (the
properties window will not appear until XP is done examining the file).

Thanks for the tip!

-Josh
 
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