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by chaudhari.pawan

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i am using 2k os with service pack 4. On one drive there is unknown file whenever i want to delete file it gives acess denite,when i access same file from windows Xp os and tries to delete same file it gives me same error. then i tried with bootable cd and tried to delete that file i was enable to delete this file , i want to know problem with this file.

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by alfa11

Have you checked the file permissions?
Maybe the file was created by another user.

by bizzo

It could be anything, it could be a permissions issue (you don't have rights to delete the file), it could be sharing issue (the file is in use by another process) or it could be a system file (maybe you shouldn't have deleted it!)

Depends on the filename, and which folder it was in.

by older mycroft

Unknown to who?

Simply because you don't recognise the file, is hardly a reason to try and delete it.

If it is putting up a fight, I'd count myself lucky that I hadn't just trashed my entire system!

by swamy_madhav

u take ownership of that drive and remove check mark of allow inheritable permissions in advanced tab in security option of that drive i think it would be work

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