help cannot delete a file

[Davros]

i get an access denied message
ive tried safemode
logging in as administrator
moveonboot
dr delete
a few others
barts p.e boot cd
knoppix live cd

help...
everything in here

 

[Zaphod]

This might help if it's Windows permissions screwing up.

Other than that, I know several who have had success with this program. If it's just the one file, the free version will do fine.

 

[Davros]

about that takedown program there is no download link

as for that other program

 

[Zaphod]

about that takedown program there is no download link

It's in a resource kit somewhere. As with most of these, you'll find it plenty of places if you google it.

BTW: What are you trying to do? Revert to XP from a Vista/XP dual boot configuration?

 

[Davros]

yes sort of
i had xp on c:
installed another hard drive and decided to put vista on on it
but vista setup after copying files said your pc is unable to boot from this drive so i cancelled the install

the strange thing is i can drag that file into any folder i want

 

[Bludd]

Check if there are any open handles for the file with ProcessExplorer from MS Sysinternals.

If there are, close them and try deleting the file.

Edit: Uhh, nevermind.. I see you've tried many exotic methods of removal outside of Windows.

Why don't you try to reinstall Vista?

 

[Davros]

you are aware vista was being installed on a different hard drive ?
and it wont install it says your computer cannot boot of this drive

 

[Skrying]

you are aware vista was being installed on a different hard drive ?
and it wont install it says your computer cannot boot of this drive

Reinstall Vista and set the computer to boot off the hard drive you installed Vista to.

 

[Davros]

i cant install vista i moved the hdd to another pc (the only hdd in it) and the install still says your pc cannot boot from this drive

 

[nelg]

This might help.

http://www.petri.co.il/add-take-ownership-context-menu-vista.htm

 

[Davros]

that looks like it only works in vista
i have xp

 

[Mize]

Is there somereason not to fdisk it and remove the partitions?

 

[Davros]

yes the file i want to delete is on my c: drive that contains my operating system

if your refering to the other drive that i cant install vista on ive used the partion program on the windows xp cd + the vista cd + and even partition manager

 

[Babel-17]

Here's a paste of something I posted a while back over at slackercentral. No idea if it will work with Vista though, sorry.

Can't delete file?
Just had a problem deleting a zero byte file. Took me a bit of googling and several tries of other stuff but I finally got fixed up in one shot.

Cliff's Notes: http://ask-leo.com/why_cant_i_delete_this_file.html

http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/dldelinv.htm
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[suryad]

I use a little software called unlocker. Just google it and it should be of help for you.

 

[Davros]

i tried it



it could rename it though but only if i slected rename on next boot



delete on next boot didnt work either

 

[N00b]

Plug the harddisk into another computer (not as boot device, of course) and try to delete it there.

 

[Davros]

i dont think that would work as ive allready booted into linux and that couldnt delete it
neither could solaris

 

[Arwin]

Are there any integrity check tools, that can detect if there's a file allocation table (or whatever the NTFS equivalent) corruption or something similar? If all the different OS deal with it the exact same way, the only thing I can think of is that it's something like that - it has to be at the filesystem level.

 

[Davros]

ive only run a full scandisk