External Hard Drive Recycle Bin

yeah? · 01-10-2012 01:43PM #1

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?

yoyo · 01-10-2012 01:50PM

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

yeah? · 01-10-2012 01:52PM

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'

goldenhoarde · 01-10-2012 01:55PM

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

yeah? · 01-10-2012 01:57PM

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

marco_polo · 01-10-2012 02:32PM

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

yoyo · 01-10-2012 02:33PM

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

External Hard Drive Recycle Bin

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