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Deleting protected files?


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Hi

I have Windows XP installed.

I have previously installed Windows Vista on a partition with other data on my harddrive (an other partition than Windows XP). But that is not the issue.

Now I want to remove the folders related to that Vista installation. But I can't delete the Windows, Users and Program Files folders. When I try to delete them, an error occurs that says that the file may be in use or write protected.

I have tried to boot on a dos disk, and tried to delete the folders there, but again an error occours. I can't delete the folder anywhere.

Why is that? And how do I manage to delete thoose three folders, without deleting the other data on the partition?

Any help would be great.

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ive got the same problem, ive got vista installed on my slave HDD (200gb maxtor) and theres about 2.7 gb of files i cant delete, ive managed to delete most of them with a partition explorer but cannot delete the remainder, i have also managed to rename and move the directories they are in

PLEASE HELP!

thanks :D

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  • 2 weeks later...

Maybe you could try to boot from a linux live cd. I think none of the windows files is in use then...

Just dl the livecd using windows, burn the iso on a cd, set your pc to boot from cdrom, restart your puter so it boots from the cdrom. When into linux, try to navigate to the files you want to delete.

different live cd's

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