Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!gatech!mcnc!ecsvax!mvolo From: mvolo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Michael R. Volow) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Need help removing directory ! Summary: probably munged FAT Keywords: RMDIR Message-ID: <5606@ecsvax.uncecs.edu> Date: 17 Aug 88 13:06:25 GMT References: <1027@pc.ecn.purdue.edu> <477@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM> Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service Lines: 21 When I had this problem, it was not a hidden file but a disturbed root directory (or FAT). I understand that adding a wild card to the baddirectoryname (e.g. RMDIR lisp* or RMDIR lisp*) some- times helps, but it didn't in my case. Using the disk editor in PCTOOLS, I searched for the bad directory name string, which I think put me in the root directory. I then edited the hex numbers corresponding to the bad directory name, to make them the same as blank directory entries. PCTOOLS will cautioned me that I was in the system area of the disk, but I forged ahead, and it worked. I did a CHKDSK afterwards. The same thing can be done with DEBUG, but I am less comfortable with that program. You might practice the operation on a floppy with sub- directories before trying it on you hard disk. Michael R. Volow 919 286 0411, page beeper #550 Dept. of Psychiatry mvolo@ecsvax.UUCP Durham Vet Admin Medical Center Durham, N.C. 27705