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From: wklein AT acs DOT ryerson DOT ca (Bill Klein)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Remove bad directory
Date: 25 Apr 1996 13:00:38 GMT
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In article <4llr0v$emf AT nrcnet0 DOT nrc DOT ca>, ghiggins AT cass DOT drao DOT nrc DOT ca (Geoffrey Higginson) says:
>
>Bill Klein (wklein AT acs DOT ryerson DOT ca) wrote:
>: I have some directories whose corrupted names contain 
>: symbols like smiley fact, heart, spade or paragraph. Is there any way to delete these items
>: without reformating the disk? I have the DOS commands rename, erase, delete and
>: deltree with no success. Thanks, 
>
>Couple o' things to try:
>        1. Use delete, type in the strange characters (using ALT+nnn)
>        2. Run Scandisk (MSDOS), Diskfix (PCTOOLS), or an equivalent
>        3. Using a tool like Norton's Diskedit, manually remove the entries
>           from the FAT.
>        4. Backup to tape, "format c:".  The Ultimate Uninstall (TM) ;)
>
>-----
>Geoffrey Higginson (ghiggins AT gulf DOT csc DOT uvic DOT ca)  -- Finger for PGP key
>
>ObQuote:  "Dedicated to solving the intractable, no matter how long
>           it takes."  -  Jason Cooper