Can't Delete "StartupManager" or "InputManager" folders after sys reinstall

I had to do a archive and reinstall awhile back. Everything went fine, and I recently tried to delete the "Previous Systems" folder. Everything in the folder was deleted except for 2 locked folders named StartupManagers and InputManagers, which were locked. I attempted to unlock them, but whenever I tried to give Read & Write permissions to myself, it would just switch back to "No Access" on its own. This prevented me from unlocking the folders in order to delete them.
I tried a number of solutions from this forum and others using the command line and single-user mode, and I was finally able to remove the checkmark next to "Locked" in the Info windows for the folders. However, I still don't have Write privileges to either folder, and when I go through the steps of changing permissions, it just switches right back to "No Access."
The thing is, I actually ran into this problem some time ago, and after much googling, I did figure it out, but I can't find the information this time.
This is my last ditch effort before doing a Erase & Reinstall. Any help or information from anyone else who has run into this would be most appreciated.

See if this helps: Fix No Access Permissions on HD or this:
To fix this:
1. Launch Terminal, which resides in the Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities folder.
2. At the Terminal prompt, type the following command:
sudo chmod a+rwx "/Volumes/partition_name"
where: partition_name is the name of the affected partition.
3. Press Return.
4. Type your Admin password when prompted, then press Return.
5. At the Terminal prompt, type exit and press Return.
6. Quit (Command-Q) Terminal.
7. Relaunch Finder: Press and hold the Option key, click and hold mouse button 1 on the Finder icon in the Dock, select "Relaunch" from the Finder icon's contextual menu.
You should then see the volume, or be able to use Disk Utility to Unmount it, then Mount it and see it.
Reset the permissions for Group and Other for the partition as desired. Do not change the permissions for Owner.
If you want a volume / partition unmounted at startup, see:
• this tip Mac OS X Hints, or...
• this tip on the OSX86 Project forums.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
In your case just apply to the PSF's contents. BTW, have you just tried restarting to see if you can then remove the PSF?

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