Win 98 recycle bin error 1026

I have items in my W98 recycle bin that I cannot delete or restore. Newly deleted items can be deleted. The items that have been in the bin for quite a while are what I am receiveing the error 1026 trying to delete/restore.

I have installed asecond HD and created the C: image on it. I not sure if this it causing the problem or not.

I also have used a registry clean-up program, but was having the problem before cleaning registry.

The C: drive has 8.55 GB used of 12.6 GB.

Any thoughts?