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by burgerbaron

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i am getting a cannot read from source disk error message on a file and have tied everything i can think of to delete it. It has a wierd name on it and when i try to rename it i get the same error.Here is the name i get on it.
TN_globalbg( i have also tried every cleaner i have with no result and searched the registry.

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by gralfus

Try going into DOS, change to that directory, then type

DEL *.*

See if that works.

Another thing to try is
DEL \\.\driveletter:\path\*.*
for exammple: DEL \\.\c:\somedir\*.*

by burgerbaron

The second answer looks to be correct.I may have a drive that is going as the complete disk scan came up with a slew of bad sector errors and i did a utility check and it did not pass. thank you anyway.

by nico baggus

Might it be that you have bad blocks, try an
extended chkdsk on the disk with a read check.
If that doesn't help, can you match the name to
some application, maybe some program keeps the
file open and locked preventing you to
rename/delete it.

HIH,
Nico Baggus

by burgerbaron

yep it looks like i have a drive going and teh file is siting ina bad secotr.I did a diagnostic on it and it did not come back clean.

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