Recycle bin on drive I is corrupted. Any ideas whats going on?

Ynot · 23 Oct 2013 at 17:36

When I upgraded to win8.1 I'm now getting this message for all my hard drives.

Any ideas how to fix/stop this

Thanks in advance.

Megahackerd · 23 Oct 2013 at 19:12

maybe this help
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/fix-corrupted-recycle-bin-windows-7-vista/
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/recycle-errors-that-drive-is-corrupted/0402120a-f100-4120-8474-c58eda598060

dunn2010 · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:07

Open elevated command prompt

type

sfc /scannow

restart comp once completed. see if that helps?

Ynot · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:13

Thanks, I'll have a look.

Ynot · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:24

dunn2010 said:
Open elevated command prompt

type

sfc /scannow

restart comp once completed. see if that helps?

OK trying now.

Ynot · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:46

dunn2010 said:
Open elevated command prompt

type

sfc /scannow

restart comp once completed. see if that helps?

Thanks, scan found nothing and still giving bin message.

d_brennen · 23 Oct 2013 at 21:52

Elevated command prompt

rd /s /q I:\$Recycle.bin (where I is the drive in question)

Reboot

Ynot · 23 Oct 2013 at 22:09

d_brennen said:
Elevated command prompt

rd /s /q I:\$Recycle.bin (where I is the drive in question)

Reboot

OK thanks, so change the letter to correspond with the drive.

d_brennen · 23 Oct 2013 at 22:22

Any joy?

Caged · 23 Oct 2013 at 22:38

Have you been changing permissions lately?

Ynot · 24 Oct 2013 at 09:10

d_brennen said:
Any joy?

Yes, That worked thanks. never had this happen before, only thing i did was to upgrade to win 8.1.

Wonder why this happen?

Thanks again.

Ynot · 24 Oct 2013 at 09:11

Caged said:
Have you been changing permissions lately?

Hi, No, I havent. I just keep everything as it is.

Thanks.

d_brennen · 24 Oct 2013 at 09:18

Ynot said:
Yes, That worked thanks. never had this happen before, only thing i did was to upgrade to win 8.1.

Wonder why this happen?

Thanks again.

Dunno, I've come across this behaviour a few times, usually linked to reallocating drive letters.

e: On Vista and 7 that is. Not seen this in 8 but I think it'll be a cold day in hell I'm administrating Win 8 clients

Ynot · 24 Oct 2013 at 09:36

d_brennen said:
Dunno, I've come across this behaviour a few times, usually linked to reallocating drive letters.

e: On Vista and 7 that is. Not seen this in 8 but I think it'll be a cold day in hell I'm administrating Win 8 clients

Thanks for your help and advice again.

Ynot · 24 Oct 2013 at 09:47

d_brennen said:
Elevated command prompt

rd /s /q I:\$Recycle.bin (where I is the drive in question)

Reboot

As I said that worked 100%

May I ask, what did that do, to make it work?

d_brennen · 24 Oct 2013 at 09:57

rd is remove directory I.E delete

the /s switch implies to the rd command that you want to delete all subdirectories (I.E. folders within)

the /q switch implies quiet mode (I.E. so you are not bugged by the "Are you sure you want to delete this folder?" nag box)

the last bit is the target directory, letter colon bla bla

Side note, probably a good idea not to run elevated commands posted by randomers on the internet

I should have explained the function of this line though

e: Didn't explain it properly again

The command deletes the hidden Recycle.bin folder at the root of the drive. On reboot, Windows creates a new folder which should be free of corruption

Ynot · 24 Oct 2013 at 10:45

Thanks d_brennen, for your help and all that info...easy when you know how

Thank you again.