Removing folders from portable drive
On my portable Store Jet "Transcend" some folders (kept from previous OS Windows) got unmovable and unnecessary. How to remove them?
Normal way "move to trash" doesn't work (computer writes "error" or "the file is not empty"). Neither helps Beach Bit. Terminal writes "no such file in directory" -- and what is a proper command? Thank you. |
what kind of filesystem is it? Probably would be better to save what you need and reformat the whole storage.
Without details hard to say more. There can be hidden or strange chars in filenames, there can be hardware error or corrupted filesystem or just a mistyped command. Or something else. |
I Presume this is a ntfs drive? Or is it udf?
Have you tried something like this? Code:
mount /dev/nutty-drive /media rm -rf /path/to/\$Recycle.Bin |
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PS Another strange thing is that to get an answer from this forum, I have to (get out and) reenter it. Otherwise, it feels like nobody give a damn. |
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Terminal answered: <special device /dev/nutty-drive does not exist>. The "ntfs" it is. The Transcend is a portable hard drive, StoreJet 25M3, USB 3.0. When I open <hidden files>, it additionally shows <.Trash-1000>. The "stubborn" folder to be removed shows 4 folders, all responding as <the folder contents could not be displayed>. So what, to reformat it? |
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Or do what is suggested in post 6 which might be simpler if you have no data there you want to save. |
I reformatted my Toshiba 1TB drive that was NTFS to BTRFS file system because it lost everything stored in it while copying and pasting files from it.
Gparted handled that. I blame the NTFS file system for losing my backups. Now have only one from another laptop, but copy and paste. Mount and dis mount. Work like they should. |
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