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From: ghiggins AT cass DOT drao DOT nrc DOT ca (Geoffrey Higginson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Remove bad directory
Date: 24 Apr 1996 18:13:51 GMT
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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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