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External Hard Drive Recycle Bin

  • 01-10-2012 2:43pm
    #1
    yeah?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭


    I'm trying to delete files in my external hard drive $Recycle.Bin folder, and its proving impossible! Everytime I delete the files its saying I don't have 'sufficiant privileges' to do so?

    Anyone know how to permanently delete these files?
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  • #2
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    yeah? wrote: »
    I'm trying to delete files in my external hard drive $Recycle.Bin folder, and its proving impossible! Everytime I delete the files its saying I don't have 'sufficiant privileges' to do so?

    Anyone know how to permanently delete these files?

    Right click on the folder>Properties>Security>Choose your user and choose full control. Now apply and you should be able to remove the folder

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

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  • #3
    yeah?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭yeah?


    Not really sure how to do that on a Mac (which is also quite old... OS X 10.4.11)
    Thank you though I'll keep trying to find that..
    if it helps the owenership&permissions states 'You can only read'


  • #4
    goldenhoarde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 861 ✭✭✭goldenhoarde


    Do you also use the drive on a Windows machine?

    If so you may need to delete it from the windows machine as $Recycle.Bin sounds like a windows directory


  • #5
    yeah?
    Closed Accounts Posts: 161 ✭✭yeah?


    When I fist got it yeah it was a windows laptop, now Im operating Mac; I can try on someone elses laptop. Thank you!


  • #6
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,087 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    If it is formatted in NTFS you only have read access without a third party driver, this is probably the best free one about for OSX 10.4.

    http://download.cnet.com/NTFS-3G/3000-2094_4-10913782.html


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  • #7
    yoyo
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 11,017 Mod ✭✭✭✭yoyo


    yeah? wrote: »
    When I fist got it yeah it was a windows laptop, now Im operating Mac; I can try on someone elses laptop. Thank you!

    Should be able to remove it in Terminal as a su. Try su rm $recycle.bin on in the location where the recycle.bin folder lies. $name means a system file in Unix, so it's possible you can't remove them files on a Mac not as a super user. Not sure about Macs much tbh though!

    Nick

    My Beer Glass collection site 🍺

    My Irish Callcards site



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