How Do You Delete A File Which Isn't There?

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arc@css

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Hi,

To cut a long story short, when rendering a video with Premiere Pro, I accidentally set the bit rate to something way too high. It wan't until the process was almost 100% finished that I noticed that the amount of disk space had shrunk dramatically. When I attempted to delete the file, I got this message :

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Verifying the location simply points to the same address. :confused:

Is there a way to get around this?
 
Just tried Eraser, but when I browse to the file it says it isn't there. I don't even fully recognize the file, though I guess it could have been a S.T.A.L.K.E.R. one (indeed it was). It appears to have been named (sfoc.). No idea why, unless it's simply a mistype, which I doubt.

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Well, I went into task manager and for some reason couldn't stop all adobe related processes, so I then elected to turn the last of them off in msconfig. After restarting the machine, I checked to see if any were running, and none were, but the original issue still persists.
 
Okay, so this program appears to be able to help in some way. I've been presented with choosing 'delete' or 'rename' (the other options are move or no action, the former of which I doubt is applicable)?

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Edit : will choose delete as advised. As per usual, my eyes aren't open. :o
 
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h4rm0ny said:
You can temporarily "install" Linux on your computer and then just mount the drive as if it were any old ordinary external drive. Delete the file that's bugging you and then go back to Windows.

Of course you're not actually installing Linux. What you're doing is booting from a DVD or USB drive with Linux on. Your computer will then be running Linux without having messed around with Windows at all. And it will be gone next time you boot.

Try Mint - it's pretty easy.

http://www.linuxmint.com/download.php

These are disc images. You'll need a blank DVD. If you don't have those (or don't have a drive), you can use a USB stick instead. Boot from whichever you use and you'll be in a whole new world. Click on the hard drive and find the file in question, delete it, and then reboot the computer without the DVD / USB stick. You should be good to go.

EDIT: Well, looks like you don't need to go to such lengths after all. That's good. But at least now you understand what was suggested. ;)
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Thanks, I may have a tinker one day. I've never used linux before, but I've sure noticed a lot of people around here mention it. :)
 
Narj said:
Out of interest did you try deleting from a command (DOS-Style) prompt? That's worked for me in the past with things like this.
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I did have a quick go, yes, after following a guide I found online, but if truth be told I'm not sure I followed the procedure correctly.
 
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