can't delete a file from external hard drive

[cyloafterx@gmail.com]

Hi, just bought a usb 2 bus card which is supposed fo be compatible
with a computer with usb 1.1.
When I tried copying a movie file from my laptop to my ext hard drive,
something wierd happened. When I checked to see if movie file
transfered ok, some other movie i had plays instead.
I tried it with other clip and the same thing happens. So I delete all
these clips, but restored one of the clips because i might need that
one .After I changed the name, i realized I didn't need it after all.
But when I try delete it, an error box appears saying the file or
directory is corrupt or unreadable.

I read somewhere that the ext. drive might be failing. I hope not!
I'm hoping it was caused by the usb bus card or some procedure , and
that my ext. hard drive is ok.

How can I get rid of this file safely?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: can't delete a file from external hard drive


<cyloafterx@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:2b92a61b-5195-431b-ab24-6ed17bb0a9f6@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, just bought a usb 2 bus card which is supposed fo be compatible
> with a computer with usb 1.1.
> When I tried copying a movie file from my laptop to my ext hard drive,
> something wierd happened. When I checked to see if movie file
> transfered ok, some other movie i had plays instead.
> I tried it with other clip and the same thing happens. So I delete all
> these clips, but restored one of the clips because i might need that
> one .After I changed the name, i realized I didn't need it after all.
> But when I try delete it, an error box appears saying the file or
> directory is corrupt or unreadable.
>
> I read somewhere that the ext. drive might be failing. I hope not!
> I'm hoping it was caused by the usb bus card or some procedure , and
> that my ext. hard drive is ok.
>
> How can I get rid of this file safely?

Save all files and folders from the external disk to your internal
disk, check that they are really there, then reformat the external disk.