moved files to a folder and now cannot delete or move them

[bassabar 0]

hi,

 

i moved a folder into another folder to hide it and now i cant read it, move it or delete it.. the folder, i found out, was a temporary folder made for windows update. the reason it was there i guess is because i aborted an install of the updates. the reason i moved this folder there was because it had a cryptic name (like d2o3ss22320ad) which was very little interesting to open for others and it contained almost no files. also i couldnt delete it.

 

i tried to turn off the write protection (dunno if this is the right term in english xp, but you find it via right click/properties/attributes) and delete/move the folder, but this didnt work. the copy protection was on immediately after.

 

help! do i need to format the drive?

[bassabar 0]

thanks a lot for the suggestions. i will try this now. i cant delete in dos (only have cmd.exe ...) and right click properties dont work either. so ill try that link

 

 

[bassabar 0]

hmm. that doesnt seem to work either but thats ok. i found that the folder (in dos) was empty. there my handpicked nude pic collection vanished, thanks microsoft. think i gonna install linux instead. its free and much much better.