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W2k-drive Letter vs. Folder-Can't delete

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by fractal815

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In W2K a secondary disk drive can be accessed via a folder rather than a Drive Letter.
(ie: C:\disk2 vs. D: ) .
Folders on the second drive can not be deleted when accessed via the folder (c:\disk2). Error "Can not delete 'Folder Name'. Access denied. The source file may be in use." The folder can be deleted via a command prompt "c:\disk2>rd Folder Name", or after assigning a drive letter. Any thoughts on why this doesn't work?

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by dcadmin

Make sure that the disk is setup in disk management correct. I will assume that you want the second disk as d:, so right-click My computer on the desktop and select manage, under storage click on the disk management folder (same as nt disk administrator), make sure that the second drive has a drive letter (sometimes a disk can get disconnected if conflicts with mapped drives occur), if not then right-click on the drive that is unassigned, give it drive letter and your in business
Good Luck!

by fractal815

No, I do not want to use a Drive Letter. I want to access the second drive as a sub-folder of the c: drive.

by ins413

W2K supports a feature called volume mount points. You can mount a volume to a folder on the c drive. Two minimum conditions must be met though. First, the folder must be an empty folder and second, the folder must be located on an NTFS partition. You can do this from disk management. It sounds kind of like you already did this. If you have, then the error means that the disk may contain the system or boot files. Hope this helps

by fractal815

Yes, I created an empty folder called "Disk2" on C: (C: is the System Root and contains all the system files). I then used Disk Management to assign the new Disk a path of C:\Disk2 instead of a drive letter. At this point the new drive "Disk2" is empty. I then open c:\disk2, right click, select New Folder. I now have "c:\disk2\New Folder". I can add and delete file from the "New Folder" normally. But whether or not I add anything to the folder, when I right click "New Folder" and select Delete, I get the Access Denied Error.

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