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How to delete Recycled Bin on drive that is no longer boot drive

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kjacobs

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I installed win 2000 to a new HD and have cleared off everything on the old boot drive, which is now "D". How can I delete the Recycled Bin folder on the old HD. Really afraid to format that drive.

Ken
 
Grab a copy of DELTREE if you don't have one. I know it comes with W98 and maybe Me. Not sure on any of the other M$ OSes.
Run it in a DOS session.
.bh.
 
Is there a way to check if it is win2000 creating it or left over from old win98? I don't mind deleting it and having win2000 recreate it. There are some files in it now.

Ken
 
Win2k uses a "Recycler" folder which contains hidden folders for each user account on the system. The "Recycle Bin" folder is not really a folder, it's just a link to the Recycler folder for your user name. If you have a folder named Recycle Bin (use a command prompt to look for it to be sure) and also a Recycler folder, then the Bin folder is leftover from Win98. You should be able to delete it, though you may need to modify the attributes and permissions for the folder.

It is POSSIBLE I guess that win2k might reuse the existing Recycle Bin folder on a drive that is installed but not formatted. If so, you can probably boot into DOS with a floppy disk and delete the folder there, and Win2k will create a new Recycler folder.
 
Perhaps I'm misunderstanding the question - can't you just configure your drives independently through Recycle properties and remove the bin from that drive?
 
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