Windows 10: bothersome recycle bin error message in external HDD -how to fix?

iam seeing a popup everytime I turn on pc.."recycle bin in external drive is corrupt. prompts me to empty it or not..why is it showing like that and how to fix it*Shock





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How to empty external drive using recycle bin on Windows 10 computer.

Hi Peter,

You may not see this, as it is an older post. I had the same question, and finally came across the answer. If you are still wondering, then hopefully this will help!

NOTE: This will delete the contents of your HDD recycle bin, and the files you have deleted will become unrecoverable by normal means.

1. Plug in your external HDD

2. Go to Windows Explorer

3. Right click on the external HDD and choose Properties

4. Under the General Tab (Default when you open properties) click Disk Cleanup

5. Click the check box for Recycle Bin

6. Click Ok

7. Confirm that you want to delete the contents of the recycle bin

Voila, you should have your HDD space back that was being taken up by the recycle bin. I just got 70GB back!

Cheers,

Tim

 

How do I restore files from the recycle bin of a system image? (windows 7 backup)

none of my systems have a functional recycle bin I disable it on my systems for privacy and performance

so I can't check right now

last time I did anything with an offline recycle bin was for some external HDDs last year for someone else

they lost some files and access to the recycle bins due to computer change (Aha, NTFS permissions problem)

using robocopy with the Local System Account Command Prompt in XP

I pulled the recycle bin folders manually off of the external HDDs to FAT32 storage which strips the NTFS permissions extended attributes

only thing I can find online is about $I(random) and $R(random) files

you have the $R(random) showing in the list but I'm not seeing any $I(random) files

see if this helps sort it out

Recycle Bin Forensics in Windows 7 and Vista

 

Hello Pathfinder, *Smile

You might see if using Method One in the tutorial below to delete the $Recycle.bin for the H: drive may help.

Recycle Bin Corrupted - Cannot Delete File or Folder

 

I did cmd but it said access denied hmm

 

Just to verify, did you run the command in an elevated command prompt?

Elevated Command Prompt - Open in Windows 10

 

I did and it said cannot find the file specified

 

Is the external HD being plugged into the same usb port every time? And, is the external HD, if being plugged into the same usb port every time, assigned a drive letter?

 

see? this is my configuration I use daily

 

I still need to know this *Smile -- to help hunt down what is causing the Recycle Bin problem.

 

DOH. yes, its plugged in same port and has the drive letter assigned as (H)

 

Just to verify, did you use the command below:

RD /S /Q H:\$Recycle.bin

If so, then the message indicates that the "H:\$Recycle.bin" file has already been deleted.

Do you still get the error message from the 1st post now?

 

to see if it has been deleted, I need to turn off pc and then on. ill be back

the same error message still appears. and typing RD/S/Q H:\Recycle.bin under admin says specified file cannot be found*Shock

 

This should make it clearer: The Recycle Bin on H:\ is corrupted. Do you want to empty the - Microsoft Community

 

How about disabling it for that drive(s) restart and enable it again ?