Deleting unwanted copies of recovered files
Hi
To test the last backup I made of my Laptop (OS Windows 7 Home Premium) I recovered a couple of files to my desktop intending to delete them after opening them to check they were OK.
Unfortunately I must have not noticed that one or two of my system files were checked and these were also copied to the desktop. I have deleted all of them except one, a folder called CardSpace containing two files, and which will not allow deletion.
Has anyone any suggestions as to how I may delete these superfluous files?
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Hi
Thanks for the advice; I shall bear that in mind for any future similar problem.
However, since I posted this I managed to get rid of the unwanted duplicate files by moving them to the location of the originals which seems to have overwritten the others and at the same time getting rid of the unwanted ones.
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YOu can get rid of troublesome will-not-delete files this way:
If it turly is a system file, then you can probalby get rid of it by booting up with any boot cd that cntain a file manager.
But your problem could be corrupted metadata for the file in question.
If you truly wnat to delete the file:
Make a file with notepad or anything else and give it the same name as the troublesome file.
Make an ati backup of the new file.
With ati recover the new file form the backup to a new location and specify the new location as the locatin where the troublesom file is-be sure to specify to allow to overwrite existing files.
After recovery, use win explorer to find and delete the file.
IF it was a system file, then you might need to replace it with a good version of the file before your operating system will work correctly.
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