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Jacke · Mar 16, 2001, 01:12 PM

I recently installed another Mac OS on another disk partition and then later on deleted the system folder (and everything else I installed) normally, but when I tried to empty the trash it said that a couple of files couldn't be deleted because they were in use. I tried restarting, option-deleting, starting from a CD, but nothing would get them from the trash! I then tried Burn! and Norton Utilities deleter, but that didn't work either. I looked around at the files, located in subfolders, and when I tried moving the files from the folders it gave a -110 error. Is reformating the disk the only solution? BTW, the installer CD was a bit scratchy, could that be the cause of the strange files?

Aussiemac · Mar 17, 2001, 01:41 AM

Try restarting holding the shift key down extensions off then empty the trash.

Cipher13 · Mar 17, 2001, 02:50 AM

Run Disk First Aid over your drive - any probs?
Repair it.
Do you have Disk Warrior or TechTool Pro? Or even Norton?

Cipher13

Jacke · Mar 17, 2001, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by Cipher13:
Run Disk First Aid over your drive - any probs?
Repair it.
Do you have Disk Warrior or TechTool Pro? Or even Norton?

Cipher13

Yes, I wrote in my original post that I have Norton, but it was Diskwarrior that did the job. Thanks for the tip, Cipher13! :-)