Greg_Y
Screenwriter
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- Mar 7, 1999
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This is the darndest problem. I think I have a corrupt NTFS file system but I'm not sure.
My hard disc is partitioned into two drives: C and D. C is where the OS (Windows 2000 Pro with SP3) and program files are. D is where I keep my data. Over the weekend, I reformatted the C drive and reloaded Windows 2000. I then reloaded all the critical updates, etc and all of my program files. On the D drive, I have a directory with about 1.5 gigs of data (audio .wav files.) After reloading my OS, I burned the audio files to disc and now I cannot delete those files. When I try to delete a file, I get an error message saying "Cannot delete {filename}: Access is denied. The source file may be in use." I am the Administrator of the machine and the only other user is 'Guest' and that account is disabled.
I tried shelling out to DOS (cmd) and deleting the files that way. I tried using dir/x to find the short name of the files and delete them that way. I tried booting in safe mode -- no dice. I searched using google and microsoft and couldn't find any other help.
I noticed something fishy though and this is where someone may help. When I view the file properties and browse to the security tab, I get a message saying "You only have permission to view the current security information on {filename}." Then I see this:
Those two users (S-1 ...) don't exist. At least, I can't find them. Where did they come from?
Any ideas on how I can delete these files that I mysteriously lost permission to?
My hard disc is partitioned into two drives: C and D. C is where the OS (Windows 2000 Pro with SP3) and program files are. D is where I keep my data. Over the weekend, I reformatted the C drive and reloaded Windows 2000. I then reloaded all the critical updates, etc and all of my program files. On the D drive, I have a directory with about 1.5 gigs of data (audio .wav files.) After reloading my OS, I burned the audio files to disc and now I cannot delete those files. When I try to delete a file, I get an error message saying "Cannot delete {filename}: Access is denied. The source file may be in use." I am the Administrator of the machine and the only other user is 'Guest' and that account is disabled.
I tried shelling out to DOS (cmd) and deleting the files that way. I tried using dir/x to find the short name of the files and delete them that way. I tried booting in safe mode -- no dice. I searched using google and microsoft and couldn't find any other help.
I noticed something fishy though and this is where someone may help. When I view the file properties and browse to the security tab, I get a message saying "You only have permission to view the current security information on {filename}." Then I see this:
Those two users (S-1 ...) don't exist. At least, I can't find them. Where did they come from?
Any ideas on how I can delete these files that I mysteriously lost permission to?