Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/25/13:21:23
In article <4llr0v$emf AT nrcnet0 DOT nrc DOT ca>, ghiggins AT cass DOT drao DOT nrc DOT ca (Geoffrey Higginson) says:
>
>Bill Klein (wklein AT acs DOT ryerson DOT ca) wrote:
>: I have some directories whose corrupted names contain
>: symbols like smiley fact, heart, spade or paragraph. Is there any way to delete these items
>: without reformating the disk? I have the DOS commands rename, erase, delete and
>: deltree with no success. Thanks,
>
>Couple o' things to try:
> 1. Use delete, type in the strange characters (using ALT+nnn)
> 2. Run Scandisk (MSDOS), Diskfix (PCTOOLS), or an equivalent
> 3. Using a tool like Norton's Diskedit, manually remove the entries
> from the FAT.
> 4. Backup to tape, "format c:". The Ultimate Uninstall (TM) ;)
>
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>Geoffrey Higginson (ghiggins AT gulf DOT csc DOT uvic DOT ca) -- Finger for PGP key
>
>ObQuote: "Dedicated to solving the intractable, no matter how long
> it takes." - Jason Cooper
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