Problem deleting files that vanish when I click on them
Hi there,
I've got a dozen or so files scattered around my hard drive that behave in a peculiar way. When I click on them they vanish, but when the system is rebooted they are back in place. They appear to be empty or rogue files. Trying to use Get Info on them also makes them vanish. When I choose them using Cocktail's "delete locked or inaccessible item" it won't select the file, and just hangs. When I try and right click and chose "move to trash" I get the error message: "The finder cannot complete the operation because some data in "" could not be read or written (error code -36).
Anyone know how I can get rid of these pesky files?
Thanks
J
Hi Jonathan, sounds like some corruption...
One way to test is to Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, Test for action in Safe Mode...
Reboot, test again.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.
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