I use a free utility for Windows (most all versions) called DeleteInvalidFiles (or used to be). It was written by Assistance & Resources for Computing, Inc You can get it here: http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/index.htm Doug At 1/21/2007 04:30 AM, LKucera wrote: >Dear List, > Recently I've been downloading a lot of divx movies from Usenet > and to save space on my laptop I moved the avi to my Maxtor One > Touch, this happened around Nov 16 and I don't know what I did but > the file somehow got corrupted and it will not delete. I've tried > rebooting into Safe Mode and but it won't let me delete it, I've > tried cut and paste into the recycle bin, no go. At first the file > was Iceage.avi then it turned into an unknown file titled <. When > trying to delete it I would get filename or directory name or > volume label syntax is incorrect. I've tried defrag but it won't > let me complete it, I've tried Chekdisc and nothing happens, and > now I have a bunch of files that are labeled gobbly gook, strange > symbols, some of the folders are semi-transparent and I really want > to get rid of this folder since it has over 170 GB and I at a loss. > One more thing its using fat 32. > >Can anyone help me? Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://freepctech.com/staff.shtml