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Can't remove old icons

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by beka1121, Feb 23, 2013.

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  1. beka1121 Newcomer, in training

    Transferred my files to my cpu from the external drive so I can reformat it, but after transferring back the files to the external drive, some icons were left in my cpu and cant be deleted, how will I get rid of them?
    beka1121, Feb 23, 2013
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  2. beka1121 Newcomer, in training

    I tried all that is written here on how to delete those icons left in my cpu and yet its still there. Maybe anyone can give me another option. I already reformat the drive and its still there and when deleted it says cannot delete system volume information. access denied. make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use. Please help
    beka1121, Mar 19, 2013
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  3. beka1121 Newcomer, in training

    I already tried this but I failed. Do you have another option please.
    beka1121, Mar 19, 2013
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  4. mailpup TS Special Forces Posts: 7,907   +77

    Beka1121, your problem appears not to be related to the original topic. There is a difference between your computer hard drive and a USB flash drive which is the subject of this thread. You also refer to your hard drive as the CPU but a CPU is the processor or central processing unit, not a hard drive or the whole computer.

    For reference: http://www.techspot.com/community/t...h-no-visible-lock-unlock.177267/#post-1288615

    Moving.
    mailpup, Mar 19, 2013
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