New drive, can't delete it

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Hello:

I suddenly have a new drive (N; last letter used) with the same data as drive H (although not exactly the same size, which indicates that N was created a day or two ago). When I try to delete drive N in Dopus, it says "An error occurred reading folder: The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. (1392)".

I do not know how the drive was created (it could certainly have been something I did without knowing that I did it). Drive N does not show up in Disk Management, but all other drives are accounted for there. Drive C is an SSD, all other drives reside on a regular 2 TB drive.

Would be grateful to get some tips on how to delete drive N (I have backed up drive H, and imaged C-I last night).

Regards,

Hans L

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Want to correct: the error message occurs when I left-click on drive N, not when I try to delete. When I right-click on N, and try Format, it says "The disk is write protected."

Hans L

3

Just realized that maybe restarting the computer would solve the problem. And it did.

I would still be interested in getting an idea what might have happened, if anyone has such an idea :slight_smile:

Regards,

Hans L

4

It's unlikely to have been anything to do with Opus. Opus just shows the drives that the OS reports are there.

Sounds like you reassigned the drive to a new letter and the old letter remained until you rebooted.

5

The new drive, N, disappeared, and the old, H, remained after reboot. N was corrupted. I should have looked in Windows Explorer before reboot, but I forgot.

In any event, Leo, all now seems to be well.

Regards,

Hans L