File / Directory wont delete - please help

mrt_2

After a Problem with my PC, I reinstalled XP. I have two hard drives, C: &

I re-covered my my data, photos, letters etc from external hard drive onto d:

I copied the "my Documents" directory from the external hard drive onto , then sorted all the files out, which left d:mydocuments empty.

Now I want to delete it and it wont. Tried changing properites and files such as unlocker but no good.

It just wont delete, any advise please

Al64

Have you tried something like move on boot

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/moveonboot.html

Alan

mrt_2

tried as you suggested, but no good, keeps coming up with message

"my documents is not acceesible, access denied" - changing properties keeps resetting back to read only

arghhhhh

banger9365

change the item to list in views and reboot and them you should beable
to delete it

Chippy_Minton

mrt wrote: »

"my documents is not acceesible, access denied" - changing properties keeps resetting back to read only

See How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP.

Also, if you click Start, right-click My Documents then click Properties is the Target folder correct?

mrt_2

targetis right, says c:my docs etc, but the directory I want to delete is d: my docs.

Cant boot is safe mode for some reason, when trying, PC freezes loading .mup.sys

any help woujld be appreciated