Deleting+trouble+now+you+can

Deleting trouble now you can

There are occasions when you find that you cannot delete or alternatively you want to delete a document permanently so on one can ever view it.

The first thing you must know is the path of the item, e.g. Lindburgh.txt The name is not sufficient you also need e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\Lindburgh\My documents. Where the name Lindburgh appears you need to replace with yours.

Write this down so that you do not forget. Now shut down the computer and re-boot. Whilst re-booting keep continually pressing F8

When the Dos screen appears select Safe Mode with Command Prompt (Do not forget to be logging in as the Administrator)

At the Chevron >> You need to type[ space] CD ( This indicates Change Directory) After CD type “C:\Documents and Settings\Lindburgh\My documents” ( Do not place the CD in the quotes ) The next thing that you type is del (This is an abbreviation for Delete), you then follow it with the item you wish to delete.

So for example you type as follows :- Del Lindburgh.txt (Do not encase in quotes)

Obviously after every typed entry you need to press Enter

Now to leave the DOS Window type Exit

That is it, no one will ever be able to access that file. 