Windows 10: Deleting 2 No219GB Folders exact Copies of same downloaded TV Programs

I Found I had 2 exact copies of recorded TV Programs of over 10 years ago. I wish to delete the copies before examining the original recordings.

So I put them in the recycle bin, and as I now always examine the recycle Bin folder carefully before I delete anything permanently, I was horrified to see included in the recycle Bin: My main Boot Hard drive (C) and Recover Drive (D).

I did 2 snip copies showing the situation and restored them to their original positions. I checked the files in the folders just to see they were copies.

The total size of each Folder TV(1); TV(2); &TV EACH totals 219 GB in round Figures that's a GRAND total of 660GB this is strange, because the Total storage used over the decades must be only 309GB with of 571 GB still Free of the 880GB total allocation on Drive BOOT (C) with 18.6GB still Free of the 49.9 GB Allocation for Recovery Drive (D).
So I assume that there is only one Store of TV Programs and if any copy is deleted; it is, as if it were just a shortcut. This would account for the Recorded Folder of TV(1) as snipped showing just 312MB.

As shown in the snip attachment I will try and attach, there is a maximum size of 47125 MB for Boot (C)
At the end of the day . It is the other data perhaps being only 309GB-219GB or 90GB being my chief interest. The TV Programs can be destroyed as unimportant as a tinkling cymbal - I only listen to the Radio and then only briefly.
Helpful comments will be appreciated.

:)

 

Trouble deleting a folder

Thanks for the suggestion but it says "delete folder failed for E:\....." for each folder I try.

*Confused

Will I be forever stuck with these unnecessary folders? *Oh Well hwell:

 

Unable to delete a folder - Invalid folder name


Suggestion:

1. Run chkdsk x: /r to make sure that there's no HD corruption.
   x: is the drive containing the folder you want to delete.
2. Try to delete the folder again. If still does not work, go to step 3.
3. Download: Download - Linux Mint and create a bootable USB using: Rufus - Create bootable USB
4. Boot up with Linux Mint and try to delete the folder again.
   NOTE: Unlike WinPE. Linux does not have any Windows permission imposed to it so it is easier to delete.

 

0 byte folder cannot be deleted Problem

I have a 0 byte folder and I can't delete it. I'm using win 7 64 bit.
please help *Cry :cry:

It says access denied when trying, please login as admin blah blah msgs....

I've searched the net for hours, Trying unlocker, fileassassin, and all other 'file deleter' programs out there. tried on safe mode, tried the cmd commands, even in cmd it says access denied, tried the closing explorer.exe and doing the command. I tried changing permissions and atrributes and it says you do not have permission to view or edit this objects permission settings. I logged in as the Administrator and still no hope.

the folder originally contained all my movies but since then i moved(using the move command) all of them someplace else(on another hdd) and I thought it was gone but the folder is still there, 0 bytes. It was shared when i deleted it and still appeared on the shared folders list but inaccessible coz it was already deleted so i 'unshared' the folder from the shared folders list. and so the problem began. the folder is still there and it is undeletable

One surefire way to do it without deleting my files is copying all other files to another HDD and reformat it and copy it back again but my hdd is currently contains 1 tb out of 1.36 and i dont have any hdds with that free space to use.

ALSO I CAN'T OPEN THE FOLDER it says

Location is not available

'directory' is not accessible.
Access is Denied.

i think its more of a windows glitch than a virus problem

help??? *Frown