[b]Cannot (!) delete files[/b]

[tsonta101 0]

Here's is the situation: I brought the removable hard disk from work, and copied over some mp3s to a folder I call 'Unsorted MP3s'. When I actually found the time to move the mp3s to other folders, I got a nice little message saying 'Cannot move xxxxxxxx: Access is denied. Make sure you have access to the folder and that the disk is not write protected' .

So I did the obvious, checked that the folder was not 'read only', scanned for viruses, and i STILL cannot move (copy works fine) a single file from that folder OR the folder itself. Any suggestions what is happening and how can I beat the crap out of this Windows imperfection?

 

thanks in advance,

tsonta101

[adamvjackson 0]

NTFS partition? Permissions? Drive ownership?

[ViolentGreen 0]

That happens to me all the time with my regular hard drive. A reboot usually does the trick.

[tsonta101 0]

Yes, this is on a NTFS partition and I (my account) have read/write permissions.

 

I did restart several times but i still get the 'Cannot move xxxxxxxx: Access is denied. Make sure you have access to the folder and that the disk is not write protected' message.

 

Could it be something else?

[tsonta101 0]

Everything is sorted now!

 

and here's how.... double clicking any of the 'unmovable' mp3s would bring up winamp, but it would start playback, so I thought what on earth? I went to see the permissions tab, it wasn't there (had to uncheck simple file sharing in control panel/folder options). Finally I saw that no user/group had access to the 'unmovable' files, so I added my account, checked on full control and voila! everything works as it should now....

one happy audiofile here!!!

[ReadError 0]

Using NTFS is probably not a good idea on a removable drive, since you probably won't have the same users on all the systems you will use the drive in.

[apollyon2833 0]

tsonta101,

 

I have been having lots of problems with moving files and the geeting the access denied messages which ended up meaning I lost that particular file. I eventually had to copy every file then just go back and delete the original. With your suggestion, everything works as it should. Thanks a ton! Nobody else I've found could solve this problem.

 

Thanks!!!!

[tsonta101 0]

wow! i thought this thread was dead! well, I'm happy that your problem was sorted