problems deleting file in windows xp - ntfs fs

[lmbebo]

i have a problem deleting a file because windows tells me its either corrupt or unreadable. how do I delete it then ?

 

[Slikkster]

Here's the first thing I found...it ain't pretty:

Repairing corrupt file ntfs

 

[lmbebo]

ouch ...
thanks ... luckily I got my other HD back from an RMA yesterday so I have the space to do a back up

 

[Slikkster]

make sure you don't back up the corrupted file, by the way.

 

[lmbebo]

thanks for the help. luckily i didn't have to go to that measure. I rebooted and chkdsk do its things and it fixed everything.

and afterwards I found out I was infected with the nmida virus...fun

 

[Slikkster]

Cool, because the way Microsoft described it, Chkdsk wouldn't necessarily have helped. Glad it did.

 

[Jeff7]

Heh, funny. It's existed since Windows NT, and they STILL haven't fixed it.