I have a 320 GB WD external hard drive (USB). After a few weeks of using it only as a backup, it started to run slow and now I cannot delete one folder on there. Everything else on tehre has been deleted, and everything inside the folder has been deleted. When trying to do anything with the folder it goes extremely slow. The folder is a "My Music" folder.
I have tried everything I can think of (with the use of Google and many forums). When I try to delete the folder I get the message "cannot delete folder directory is not empty". When I try to delete through command prompt I get "the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error". I have tried lots of other things including little freeware programs to remove folders. I am using XP SP2 and will tell you anything elese you need to know. I have been working on this for 3 days now. I can still use the drive, it just bothers me because it will not get rid of that folder.
I have tried everything I can think of (with the use of Google and many forums). When I try to delete the folder I get the message "cannot delete folder directory is not empty". When I try to delete through command prompt I get "the request could not be performed because of an I/O device error". I have tried lots of other things including little freeware programs to remove folders. I am using XP SP2 and will tell you anything elese you need to know. I have been working on this for 3 days now. I can still use the drive, it just bothers me because it will not get rid of that folder.