cant delete files from maxtor external drive

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mulmike

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first post for me here , need help solving a problem . just recently upgraded my system , dell precision 690 work station 64 bit . was working on xp 64 pro now on vista ultimate . works great with a coupl of quirkes , one which is very annoying , i have a maxtor external hard drive 1TB which i cant seem to delete files from , keep getting the error message 0x80070571 disk structure is corrupted and unreadable . dosnt seem to be as i can copy files to computer HD and edit to my hearts content . i would like to be able to delte many unwanted files from the maxtor and think this is a permissions problem . working thru my computor and going into the maxtor HD properties i seem to have all the permissions i need but when i then go into the maxtor HD and highlight a folder and check out the security permissions in properties the options are grayed out and unchangable .
thanking you in anticipation of a positive response
mulmike
 

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I think it's not a permission problem, the error talks about corruption.
I suggest you to backup the data on your esternal hard drive and format it in "Disc management".

CyberZeus
 

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mulmike said:
first post for me here , need help solving a problem . just recently upgraded my system , dell precision 690 work station 64 bit . was working on xp 64 pro now on vista ultimate . works great with a coupl of quirkes , one which is very annoying , i have a maxtor external hard drive 1TB which i cant seem to delete files from , keep getting the error message 0x80070571 disk structure is corrupted and unreadable . dosnt seem to be as i can copy files to computer HD and edit to my hearts content . i would like to be able to delte many unwanted files from the maxtor and think this is a permissions problem . working thru my computor and going into the maxtor HD properties i seem to have all the permissions i need but when i then go into the maxtor HD and highlight a folder and check out the security permissions in properties the options are grayed out and unchangable .
thanking you in anticipation of a positive response
mulmike
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CyberZeus said:
Welcome to Vista Forums!

I think it's not a permission problem, the error talks about corruption.
I suggest you to backup the data on your esternal hard drive and format it in "Disc management".

CyberZeus
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G'Day mulmike and bon giorno CyberZeus,

The problem of Error message 0x80070571 first appeared when I tried to do a scheduled back-up to the Maxtor HD, and showed like this;
Maxtor Backup Failure.JPG
I then tried delete a Folder from the M:\ drive, and got the following Error message;
Maxtor Delete Error Snip.JPG
With that, I thought that I would try and work within the M:\ drive by creating a new Folder, then merging all the unwanted Files and Folders into it, and then deleting that. No go. In trying to create a new Folder, up came;
Maxtor New Folder Error.JPG

I've just spent days trying to find a fix for this error......without success. Today, I resolved the issue by downloading all the Folders and Files that I wanted to keep to other Drives, [Hard Drives and Flash Drives], and to be certain, then Formatted the Maxtor HD [M; \ drive], including all retained Backup Files, TWICE!!

A new system backup went through like a breeze.......but my fingers are still crossed!!
 

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Hope it'll work!
 

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    Asus M2N-E SLI
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    Integrated CM-6501
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    Benq 19" + LG 17"
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    1280x1024@32bit@75MHz
    Hard Drives
    1 x Seagate 120GB SATA (OS installation) 1 x Seagate 200GB SATA 2 x Seagate 320GB SATA (Hardware RAID 0) 1 x Seagate 250GB IDE (in external USB box) 1 x TrekStor 750GB USB
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CyberZeus said:
Hope it'll work!
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......that's why the crossed fingers, and lighted joss-sticks. I ran chkdsk on the Drive, but it came up with nothing. From what I've read, there seems to be some issue with Windows Registry/Maxtor HD, but nobody seems to have found the bug.
 

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  • Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire Notebook 5633WLMi.[5630 Series]
    CPU
    Intel Centrino Duo Processor - Intel Core 2 CPU.
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 [3.07GB maximum real available]
    Graphics card(s)
    nVidia GeForce Go 7300, 128MB
    Sound Card
    Realtek HD Audio, Ver. 6.0.1.5717, 2.08MB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Acer Aspire Notebook - 15.4"; Acer LCD Monitor X223Wsd - 22".
    Screen Resolution
    1280x800x60Hertz [max.]
    Hard Drives
    Notebook - Samsung HM320JI 320GB HD installed 07 August 2009. External HDs [4];Maxtor One Touch4 - 500GB External HD [Drive M:\].Western Digital WDXMS1200TA - 120GB External HD [Drive G:\ - Windows Defender Backup Files only]. Two x LaCie 320GB Mobi
    Mouse
    Logitech Wireless V320 for Notebooks - Model M/N: M-RCD125
    Internet Speed
    Down 20000kb/sec / Up 1000kb/sec [Bigpond-Aus]
    Other Info
    Brother MFC-465CN; PC to Fax/Scan/Copy/Photo MFC. Epson Perfection V300 Photo Scanner. Siemens Speedstream 6520 Router. Wacom 'Bamboo Fun' CTE-650 PC Tablet, Stylus and Mouse. UAC - On;Activated. Browsers; [1] FireFox v3.6[2] IE8. Honorary R.S.M. to the 4th [Assault Pioneer] Troop Pune Sepoys , and 3rd Troop Jodhpur Bengali Lancers.
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