Hi Judith Copy off the items you want to keep and try formatting the flash drive or have you tried that? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Listers, > > I have an 8 gb flash drive on which I keep a spare > copy of my family tree data including FTM. Unfortunately > the main folder is now corrupted. I cannot open it and > it will not let me delete it, even using Unlocker. I have > a couple of other folders on the flash drive which are > okay, but the bulk of the storage on this flash drive is > taken up with my genealogy folder which make is > pretty much useless. Can anyone tell me how to > get rid of it please? > > Regards > Judith

Hi Nirvard, Thanks for the suggestion. No I havent formatted the flash drive, I am not sure how to do that? Judith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nivard Ovington" <ovington1@sky.com> To: <computers@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 01, 2009 2:49 AM Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Corrupt Folder on flash drive wont delete? > Hi Judith > > Copy off the items you want to keep and try formatting the flash drive or > have you tried that? > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > >> Hi Listers, >> >> I have an 8 gb flash drive on which I keep a spare >> copy of my family tree data including FTM. Unfortunately >> the main folder is now corrupted. I cannot open it and >> it will not let me delete it, even using Unlocker. I have >> a couple of other folders on the flash drive which are >> okay, but the bulk of the storage on this flash drive is >> taken up with my genealogy folder which make is >> pretty much useless. Can anyone tell me how to >> get rid of it please? >> >> Regards >> Judith > > >

Hi again Its so long since I have formatted anything I had to go remind myself <g> *after making any copies you want from the flash drive* Go to my computer, plug in the flash drive and note the drive letter allocated to it Right click on the flash drive and you should get "Format" in the list of options Selecting that will, (if memory serves) ask you if you really want to Format the drive Perhaps others can confirm thats the correct sequence You might like to google Format Flash Drive , there are several hits including :- http://www.quickonlinetips.com/archives/2005/08/fix-format-usb-flash-drives/ Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Hi Nirvard, > > Thanks for the suggestion. No I havent formatted the > flash drive, I am not sure how to do that? > > Judith