Lair Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 I have 2 C Drives on my C Drive. A useless backup. I deleted most of it now, but Program Files and Windows of the backup won't delete. I give it admin permission, but then it says I need TrustedInstaller's permission. I try to set it to full permission, but it says access is denied. I a unable to delete these 2 giant things. I can delete it in safe mode but don't want to crash my computer. What do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aki Dazrold Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 How the hell..? How do you have two C drives? That makes no sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 A useless backup. I deleted most of it now, but Program Files and Windows of the backup won't delete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aki Dazrold Posted October 10, 2010 Share Posted October 10, 2010 So, do you have two partitions on your C drive? And are they BOTH labeled "C:"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 backup. Literaly means backup. Becuase I had to reinstall vista after RunDLL32 got completaly corrupted and would NOT open Windows Explorer AT ALL. So when I reinstalled it made a duplicate of the drive in a folder called C:\BACKUP, and now I'm deleting it. But Program Files and Windows say I need permission from a nonexistant user. I can enter safe mode and delete it but don't want to crash my computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 backup. Literaly means backup. Becuase I had to reinstall vista after RunDLL32 got completaly corrupted and would NOT open Windows Explorer AT ALL. So when I reinstalled it made a duplicate of the drive in a folder called C:\BACKUP, and now I'm deleting it. But Program Files and Windows say I need permission from a nonexistant user. I can enter safe mode and delete it but don't want to crash my computer Produce a picture for us to clarify said confusion. It isn't C:\Windows, so I think you're fine bud. Also about deleting it, you could always boot a live cd of ubuntu and delete the folder that way. Linux ignores Windows related user stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I loved ubuntu but my dad made my get rid of it On what grounds was this terrible act comited? On topic: waiting for lair to reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted October 18, 2010 Author Share Posted October 18, 2010 I can delete it in safe mode but don't want to crash my computer. What do? URGH. I HAD TO CRASH SO I TRIED SAFE MODE. And it gave me the same garbage. So... I need to remove it. It won't remove. Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Addictgamer Posted October 18, 2010 Share Posted October 18, 2010 Just use an ubuntu live cd and delete the folder. 100 % guarantee it will work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 Someone please offer help not involving other operating systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 Someone please offer help not involving other operating systems Nope. If you're having problems deleting a folder with windows, don't use windows to delete it. It's as simple as that. Otherwise I don't know if you CAN delete that folder with windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 If I did install another (free) OS, could I uninstall it and wipe it completaly so I don't have even a few remaining files taking up disk space? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 If I did install another (free) OS, could I uninstall it and wipe it completaly so I don't have even a few remaining files taking up disk space? Urrr... why are you talking about installing it? Just boot the live cd and delete for folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 I don't have a CD of Linux/Utubootu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I don't have a CD of Linux/Ubuntu In that case, download/torrent the iso and burn it to a blank cd. It's not that hard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lair Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 download/torrent ... are these 2 OS Freeware? In that case it's a download. But if they have to be [iLLEGAL]ed then no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDoctor Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 download/torrent ... are these 2 OS Freeware? In that case it's a download. But if they have to be [iLLEGAL]ed then no. It's time for... COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS with your host... THEDOCTOR! *appluse* No, thank you, thank you. Well now, today's topic will be about torrents. See, Bittorrent is a legitimate file transfer method, but some people use it for naughty things. Making torrents of programs you have to pay for is naughty. Very naughty. Making torrents in general is not. Remember, some torrents are illegal, but not all torrents are illegal. This has been COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS with THEDOCTOR. Tune in next week where we talk about VPN. So lair, ubuntu has torrents for it's different versions. I'm not sure what your second OS is, but Ubuntu IS Linux. You also must not understand the concept of a "LiveCD". I shall explain it to you. A live cd is an image of the OS burned to a disk. You boot this disk to use it. From there you have two options: 1. Install it; and 2. Try it out. Option one will make a partition on your drive that ubuntu is installed on. Option 2 will just run the OS from the CD, making no changes to your system other than what you explicitly do yourself, like deleting a folder. Option two is probably what you want, so do that. If you decide you like ubuntu enough to install it, you can always do that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 It's time for... COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS with your host... THEDOCTOR! *appluse* No, thank you, thank you. Well now, today's topic will be about torrents. See, Bittorrent is a legitimate file transfer method, but some people use it for naughty things. Making torrents of programs you have to pay for is naughty. Very naughty. Making torrents in general is not. Remember, some torrents are illegal, but not all torrents are illegal. This has been COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS with THEDOCTOR. Tune in next week where we talk about VPN. Ahahaha good good. TheDoctor is right, torrenting isn't illegal itself, it's just the content people are downloading through it that is. Most Linux systems are freeware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartvbl Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Most Linux systems are freeware. "freeware" is software which is free to use, but comes with a license, and you can not see the source code. By FAR, all linux distro's are open source software, meaning you can download it freely, redistribute it freely, and look and modify the source if you want to. No restrictions at all, which is different from freeware. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyrem Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 By FAR, all linux distro's are open source software. That's not exactly correct. Depends on the distro. Red Hat Enterprise, for example, isn't free. "freeware" is software which is free to use, but comes with a license, and you can not see the source code. Yes and no, it all depends on the software. "Accordingly, freeware may or may not be free and open source software" ~ Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admalledd Posted November 9, 2010 Share Posted November 9, 2010 back on topic: have you tried to use a program like file unlocker? programs such as this can help identify what might be using the files you wish to remove. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JrMasterModelBuilder Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 You might try this: http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/windows-7-how-to-delete-files-protected-by-trustedinstaller/ No promises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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