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How to erase files

I thought I had deleted Roxio from my Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. When I restarted it,
It would not reboot, and the upshot was I re-installed XP. Unfortunately, about 25 Roxio
files remained as read only files, that I can not erase. I tried changing them to hidden,
but it didn't work. I would like to get them out of the computer. Any suggestions?

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Alex

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Ben Personick (Previously QCubed)

open a CMD window as Administrator
(ie. In the start Menu search type "CMD", right click on the black CMD icon and select "Run as administrator, then approve the UAC Prompt)

This will open a CMD prompt window as an administrative user run the following command on each file from within that window:

ERASE /Q /F "C:\Path\To\File.ext"

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nobus

You said " I re-installed XP " if you did so, and you deleted the partition - all files should be gone.
so HOW did you exactly reinstall XP ?

GlenAJ

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For some reason, the files mysteriously disappeared. on their own.
Thanks for your good suggestions.
Glen

GlenAJ

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For some reason, the files mysteriously disappeared. on their own.
Thanks for your good suggestions.
Glen

Ben Personick (Previously QCubed)

Glen AJ,

just wondering why you didn't give me points for my solution while giving points to both the comments below mine, the first of which specifically notes to use my solution, and only adds that you might try again under safe mode using that solution if it doesn;t work normally, the second of which notes all the above comments are good solutions.

Also, You accepted the comment which asks you to install some third party software which you did not actually look into and test and find to be working as part of your solution, which is not a good comment to select for accepted solution as it reduces the helpfulness of the answer for future users

I believe you might have miss-allocated the points here.

I suggest you should accept my comment ID# 42160548 as the solution for 200 points and then split the remaining 300 points between the other comments you already selected.

So you would have:

Accepted: ID# 42160548 - 200 Points

Assisted: ID# 42160494 - 100 Points
Assisted: ID# 42160568 - 100 Points
Assisted: ID# 42160924 - 100 Points

I am requesting attention to the ticket to this effect as well.

nobus

i never saw files disappear on their own - imo there's more to it...
and i hope the other files also don't disappear

if you can spare the time - i'd like to know the answer to my Q : so HOW did you exactly reinstall XP ?