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Can't delete some folders from their original locations!
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iamsam43
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22. January 2006 @ 07:54 |
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Hi All,
I just wiped my drive and redid Windows XP Pro and decided to setup "Super Partitioning" using the guide here: http://www.zapwizard.com/Guides/Partitioning/How-To.html
I copied all the folders it said to (Program Files, Documents and Settings, ect.) to their new partitions with no trouble, but once I got to step nine, which is the step where you delete the original folders, I got stuck. First I couldn't delete the contents of "program files," but then I booted into safe mode and it deleted fine. Then I tried to delete the contents of "Documents and Settings" but I got an error message that said somthing like "The folder Administrator is needed by Windows and connot be deleted." I tried deleting it in Safe mode with no sucess. At zapwizard.com they provided a "solution" to the problem of some files refuse to be deleted. The solution said that I should search the registry for "C:\Documents and Settings," and correct the search resaults to their new locations so that I could restart my comp and nothing would be running from C:\Documents and Settings, but the that wasn't what was keeping Documents and Settings from being deleted in the first place, so is there else should I try? Thanks in advance for the help!
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27. January 2006 @ 03:11 |
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try using linux knoppix, booting and then erasing your files
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iamsam43
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28. January 2006 @ 18:24 |
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That's a great idea! I'm acctually going to use a ubuntoo live cd since I already have a few of them. Thanks, I can't belive I didn't think of that! And by the way, that was an excellent graphic signature guide, I made my sig with it! I know my sig sucks, but thanks to you I could make one at all! Thanks for the great guide phantom69!!!
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29. January 2006 @ 22:42 |
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no problem...
an idea for your sig might be to change the whole pinkish whitish scheme and stick with a sort of yellowish black colouring... just a suggestion, its up to you....
and BTW i hope that your problem is solved now.
"Its so hard to try to be different..."-Apocalypse Hoboken
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iamsam43
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30. January 2006 @ 04:17 |
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Ya, i'm sure my problem is fixed. And BTW thanks for the suggestion about my sig, I think you're right, it's the wierd color balance that made it look so strange! Thanks again, Phantom69!
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30. January 2006 @ 22:14 |
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no problem.
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iamsam43
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1. February 2006 @ 12:24 |
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Hey, I booted up my sys w/ a ubuntu linux live cd, and it couldn't see niether of my HDs (so I obviously couldn't delete the files I wanted too). Would I be able to see my HDs so I can delete those files if I booted w/ a knoppix disc? Thanks!
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2. February 2006 @ 00:25 |
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i dont know, but since they do not make a cd distro of knoppix any more, you can try DLing DSL (damn small linux) which is a 50mb bootable cd that works sort of the same, you can try with that.
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2. February 2006 @ 00:55 |
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no CD distro of knoppix ...... er ....
try www.knoppix.org
version 4.0.2 has been available there since Sep 2005
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2. February 2006 @ 01:03 |
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i was informed that as of version 4.0.0 only a DVD edition was available no longer cd... i shall have a look, i may have been misinformed.
thats all i mean, otherwise i know that there was cd versions of knoppix
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iamsam43
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2. February 2006 @ 08:43 |
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I actually did find a cd version of the newwest knoppix version form knoppix.org. So I'm going to burn it and give it a go!
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2. February 2006 @ 22:18 |
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:) hope it works out for you
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iamsam43
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3. February 2006 @ 04:46 |
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Ya, I still wasn't able to delete some of the folders w/ knoppix. So I'm going to redo windows and start over. I think I might have done somthing wrong. I'll let you know how it turns out! Thanks!
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3. February 2006 @ 20:16 |
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