RobMk6 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 If I have a folder on an external hard drive thats causing serious crash issues, how can I delete it? as I think i've found the folder causing my problems but cant delete it Hard drive was originall formatted with a Windows Vista laptop, that has since died, now have a laptop on windows7, my external HD is a seagate 1.5TB drive. I can access all the folders on the drive and physically lock around it, but cant copy anything to/from it. It freezes for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages before giving error messages, I'm just waiting for a freeze to stop and I'll post the error msg. When I try and delete the offending folder (which is a music folder copied from the G/fs PC.... which worked fine on my vista laptop) I get the following message........... "an unexpected error is keeping you from deleting the folder. if you continue to receive this error you can use the error code to search for help...error 0x80070091:the directory is not empty" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhp soothes me Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 If I have a folder on an external hard drive thats causing serious crash issues, how can I delete it? as I think i've found the folder causing my problems but cant delete it Hard drive was originall formatted with a Windows Vista laptop, that has since died, now have a laptop on windows7, my external HD is a seagate 1.5TB drive. I can access all the folders on the drive and physically lock around it, but cant copy anything to/from it. It freezes for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaages before giving error messages, I'm just waiting for a freeze to stop and I'll post the error msg. When I try and delete the offending folder (which is a music folder copied from the G/fs PC.... which worked fine on my vista laptop) I get the following message........... "an unexpected error is keeping you from deleting the folder. if you continue to receive this error you can use the error code to search for help...error 0x80070091:the directory is not empty" can sometimes delete files easier in safe mode, tap F8 when computer is starting up and choose safe mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stoo2000 Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 I think you should slowly back away from the computer and never go back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig855S Posted August 13, 2011 Share Posted August 13, 2011 format the whiole drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobMk6 Posted August 14, 2011 Author Share Posted August 14, 2011 had to, I could copy small files, so I've managed to get my personal vids/docs off it now its formatting, Lost the lot apart from them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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