Corrupt File

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Bill Sharpe

I am having a problem trying to delete a leftover file, eqnedt32.cnt, on
my D: drive. Any attempt to rename, move, or delete the file gives me a
"File or folder is corrupt and unreadable. Please run chkdsk" message. I
have also tried to remove the containing folder, but I get the same result.

I have run chkdsk /f and /r on drive D:. Neither finds any bad sectors.

My concern is that every few days I get a Windows startup message saying
Windows needs to check disk d:. If I let it go ahead and check it runs
chkdsk and doesn't find any errors. I could live with the one bad file
here if Windows wouldn't insist on offering to check the disk at
startup. This happens a couple times a week at startup.

I am using Windows XP Pro with SP2. I have tried ccleaner, which
indicates that it is removing the file or its containing folder, but the
offending file is still there after ccleaner runs.

Any suggestions are welcome.
 
"Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> I am having a problem trying to delete a leftover file, eqnedt32.cnt, on
> my D: drive. Any attempt to rename, move, or delete the file gives me a
> "File or folder is corrupt and unreadable. Please run chkdsk" message. I
> have also tried to remove the containing folder, but I get the same
result.
>
> I have run chkdsk /f and /r on drive D:. Neither finds any bad sectors.
>
> My concern is that every few days I get a Windows startup message saying
> Windows needs to check disk d:. If I let it go ahead and check it runs
> chkdsk and doesn't find any errors. I could live with the one bad file
> here if Windows wouldn't insist on offering to check the disk at
> startup. This happens a couple times a week at startup.
>
> I am using Windows XP Pro with SP2. I have tried ccleaner, which
> indicates that it is removing the file or its containing folder, but the
> offending file is still there after ccleaner runs.
>
> Any suggestions are welcome.


Go to the website of the harddrive's mfg
andf get their diagnostic utility and run it ..
the drive may be failing
 
philo wrote:
> "Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:eefj4fkTIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I am having a problem trying to delete a leftover file, eqnedt32.cnt, on
>> my D: drive. Any attempt to rename, move, or delete the file gives me a
>> "File or folder is corrupt and unreadable. Please run chkdsk" message. I
>> have also tried to remove the containing folder, but I get the same
> result.
>> I have run chkdsk /f and /r on drive D:. Neither finds any bad sectors.
>>
>> My concern is that every few days I get a Windows startup message saying
>> Windows needs to check disk d:. If I let it go ahead and check it runs
>> chkdsk and doesn't find any errors. I could live with the one bad file
>> here if Windows wouldn't insist on offering to check the disk at
>> startup. This happens a couple times a week at startup.
>>
>> I am using Windows XP Pro with SP2. I have tried ccleaner, which
>> indicates that it is removing the file or its containing folder, but the
>> offending file is still there after ccleaner runs.
>>
>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>
>
> Go to the website of the harddrive's mfg
> andf get their diagnostic utility and run it ..
> the drive may be failing
>
>
A Google search located this thread:
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=145505

The corrupt file is from a recovered Acronis True Image backup.
Apparently this is not a hard disk problem. There are several solutions
offered in the thread, including using Linux to delete the offending
file or creating another True Image file backup without the offending
file, formatting the drive, and restoring the backup.

I will investigate the first approach, which appears much less drastic
than the second one...

Bill
 
"Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote in message
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> philo wrote:
> > "Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> > news:eefj4fkTIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> >> I am having a problem trying to delete a leftover file, eqnedt32.cnt,
on
> >> my D: drive. Any attempt to rename, move, or delete the file gives me a
> >> "File or folder is corrupt and unreadable. Please run chkdsk" message.
I
> >> have also tried to remove the containing folder, but I get the same
> > result.
> >> I have run chkdsk /f and /r on drive D:. Neither finds any bad sectors.
> >>
> >> My concern is that every few days I get a Windows startup message
saying
> >> Windows needs to check disk d:. If I let it go ahead and check it runs
> >> chkdsk and doesn't find any errors. I could live with the one bad file
> >> here if Windows wouldn't insist on offering to check the disk at
> >> startup. This happens a couple times a week at startup.
> >>
> >> I am using Windows XP Pro with SP2. I have tried ccleaner, which
> >> indicates that it is removing the file or its containing folder, but
the
> >> offending file is still there after ccleaner runs.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions are welcome.
> >
> >
> > Go to the website of the harddrive's mfg
> > andf get their diagnostic utility and run it ..
> > the drive may be failing
> >
> >
> A Google search located this thread:
> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=145505
>
> The corrupt file is from a recovered Acronis True Image backup.
> Apparently this is not a hard disk problem. There are several solutions
> offered in the thread, including using Linux to delete the offending
> file or creating another True Image file backup without the offending
> file, formatting the drive, and restoring the backup.
>
> I will investigate the first approach, which appears much less drastic
> than the second one...
>
> Bill


Depending where the file is...
you may be able to boot to the repair console and delete it from there
 
philo wrote:
> "Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote in message
> news:Oim3eXqTIHA.4104@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> philo wrote:
>>> "Bill Sharpe" <wfsnopam@adelphia.net> wrote in message
>>> news:eefj4fkTIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> I am having a problem trying to delete a leftover file, eqnedt32.cnt,
> on
>>>> my D: drive. Any attempt to rename, move, or delete the file gives me a
>>>> "File or folder is corrupt and unreadable. Please run chkdsk" message.
> I
>>>> have also tried to remove the containing folder, but I get the same
>>> result.
>>>> I have run chkdsk /f and /r on drive D:. Neither finds any bad sectors.
>>>>
>>>> My concern is that every few days I get a Windows startup message
> saying
>>>> Windows needs to check disk d:. If I let it go ahead and check it runs
>>>> chkdsk and doesn't find any errors. I could live with the one bad file
>>>> here if Windows wouldn't insist on offering to check the disk at
>>>> startup. This happens a couple times a week at startup.
>>>>
>>>> I am using Windows XP Pro with SP2. I have tried ccleaner, which
>>>> indicates that it is removing the file or its containing folder, but
> the
>>>> offending file is still there after ccleaner runs.
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions are welcome.
>>>
>>> Go to the website of the harddrive's mfg
>>> andf get their diagnostic utility and run it ..
>>> the drive may be failing
>>>
>>>
>> A Google search located this thread:
>> http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=145505
>>
>> The corrupt file is from a recovered Acronis True Image backup.
>> Apparently this is not a hard disk problem. There are several solutions
>> offered in the thread, including using Linux to delete the offending
>> file or creating another True Image file backup without the offending
>> file, formatting the drive, and restoring the backup.
>>
>> I will investigate the first approach, which appears much less drastic
>> than the second one...
>>
>> Bill
>
>
> Depending where the file is...
> you may be able to boot to the repair console and delete it from there
>
>
The file is not on the system drive. According to one message in the
lengthy thread I quoted, this approach has been tried and has not
worked. But thanks for the suggestion.

Bill
 
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