Cannot open or delete file in W2k PRO SP4

[dshorrosh]

I am having no luck when trying to delete a large (2.5GB) AVI file from My Documents:

1 - "Explorer has encountered an error" message when just clicking on it

2 - "Access denied" messages when trying to delete from command line, even in safe mode

3 - I burned the file onto a DVD for archival from this same PC.

4 - My PC hangs when I simply click on the file from the DVD drive.

5 - I'm the Administrator, and I originally copied the file, so access isn't the problem.

I may have screwed things up by aborting the original effort to copy from the DVD to My Documents, but bottom line I can't touch the thing now. Any ideas?

 

[howard_hopkinso]

Hello and welcome to Techspot.

Things you could try are

1 Try to delete the file from the programme you used to burn the DVD.

2 Right click on the file and try to rename it then try deleting it

3 create a new folder and call it whatever you like and drag the file and drop it into that folder and try to delete the whole folder.

Regards Howard :wave: :wave:

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Also, boot in safe mode and try to delete it from there, or use a W98-bootfloppy if your HD is formatted in FAT32 and try to delete it in DOS.