Cant delete files from old hard drive

scamartist · 11 May 2012 at 17:13

Recently built new PC and reused old hard drives in addition to new SSD.
Problem I have is I can't delete old files due to issues with permissions on the old drives.

I've taken ownership and set permissions and it still wont let me delete them.
Also tried using DOS to delete without any luck.

Anybody know a quick way to get this done?
Formatting is not an option as some of the files are required.

Crowort · 11 May 2012 at 17:28

Have you made sure you have given system full permissions as well as your user account? Been a while since I had to do this but I seem to remember that you need to do that.

lurkio · 11 May 2012 at 17:31

linux wont care

Get yourself an ubuntu disc , load it live NOT install
select the files you want then delete them

anjs · 11 May 2012 at 17:47

quick format on the disk

bledd · 12 May 2012 at 11:58

You've not taken ownership properly

Either..
Do it again
Format it
Use ubuntu live cd

Borden · 13 May 2012 at 11:12

I had a similar problem recently. I followed all the proper steps to take full control and permission, still didn't work. I used a live Ubuntu CD and did it that way, much easier than faffing around with permissions.

scamartist · 14 May 2012 at 14:37

I think that may be the route I'll use.

Tried a multitude of variations to get ownership and change permissions and all I got was a sore head.

Managed to get it to work in the past with Vista permissions but 7 just isn't playing ball.