[KLUG Members] Linux and NTFS delete

Mathew Enders mathew.enders at prodigy.net
Fri Feb 22 14:03:37 EST 2008


On Thu, 2008-02-21 at 18:20 -0500, Eric Beversluis wrote:
> I'm struggling with some rogue Acrobat Reader files on an XP Home
> install. Acrobat screwed up during an upgrade and the XP uninstall
> program con't uninstall them. There are are few fiels that I
> can'tmanually delete nohow--I keep getting "access denied" even when
> using command line in safe mode.
> 
> What I'm wondering is whether I can use a live Linux to zap them. I
> know Linux doesn't "write" to NTFS but is there any way to use it to
> delete these files safely?
> 
First I know this is not a Linux solution  but for working on a windows
in stall I have found nothing better.

The is a disk you can build with a Windows xp disk and a program called
UBCD4WIN.  You can find it at http://www.ubcd4win.com/ I have used it
this week on 3 diffrent customers computers.



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