i know i'm being picky but...

kha · Mar 7, 2008, 06:54 AM

i just got my very first apple. very proud of myself of finally doing the switch!

anyhow, i loaded boot camp with XP pro (20 gb partition NTFS) just for a few games i play and i see a few problems that bother the hell out of me.

1. on the C:/ drive there are two folder that wont delete.. what is weird is that i accidently moved one into another. they were named weird numbers+letters (ie: 33j423j432b4j3bj3432k423) anyhow everytime i try to delete them i get an ACCESS DENIED. does anyone know how to delete them.

2. when i boot into OSX i see a drive "untitled" whats with that? and why is it there everytime?

thanks a bunch!

kha · Mar 7, 2008, 07:24 AM

kinda of fixed #2 with the untitled. I booted into Windows and went to My Computer > right clicked C: drive and renamed it ".Windows" without the quotes of course. I believe by naming it with a period in the beginning allowed it NOT to show up on the desktop of OSX but rather only in the Macintoch HD drive where it appears normally as a mounted drive. This doesnt bother me much.

as far as trying to delete those folders.. i am still in dying need to rid it.

help help!

wrldwzrd89 · Mar 7, 2008, 10:13 AM

I get these same folders with weird names on my C: drive on my Boot Camp partition. You're not meant to delete them - Windows created them to store something, though I'm not sure what.

speakerwizard · Mar 7, 2008, 10:27 AM

if you formatted the windows partition as fat32 then you can go into the untitled folder to retrieve files from windows.

TBi · Mar 7, 2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by speakerwizard

if you formatted the windows partition as fat32 then you can go into the untitled folder to retrieve files from windows.

You can do the same with NTFS drives. You just can't write to NTFS drives without some NTFS driver upgrade.

speakerwizard · Mar 7, 2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by TBi

You can do the same with NTFS drives. You just can't write to NTFS drives without some NTFS driver upgrade.

i thought you could only view what was on an ntfs

Neil321 · 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by speakerwizard

i thought you could only view what was on an ntfs

Nope,try googling macfuse or paragon

kha · Mar 7, 2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by wrldwzrd89

I get these same folders with weird names on my C: drive on my Boot Camp partition. You're not meant to delete them - Windows created them to store something, though I'm not sure what.

but they have like weightless data? i saw a setup.exe in there that weighed nothing?

wrldwzrd89 · Mar 7, 2008, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kha

but they have like weightless data? i saw a setup.exe in there that weighed nothing?

This is normal - if you don't have permission to view a folder it will show its contents as being zero size.

kha · Mar 8, 2008, 02:26 AM

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Originally Posted by wrldwzrd89

This is normal - if you don't have permission to view a folder it will show its contents as being zero size.

interesting.. i never knew that.. my goal now is to delete them

thejadedmonkey · Mar 8, 2008, 02:43 AM

On Vista you just have to change the folder permissions and then you can delete them... I didn't see them in XP.

They're left over install files from when you installed the bootcamp drivers.. they can safely be deleted. and all this.. I'm not 100% sure, I just know I deleted them without any issues.

Mar 7, 2008, 06:54 AM	#1
kha macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2008	i know i'm being picky but... i just got my very first apple. very proud of myself of finally doing the switch! anyhow, i loaded boot camp with XP pro (20 gb partition NTFS) just for a few games i play and i see a few problems that bother the hell out of me. 1. on the C:/ drive there are two folder that wont delete.. what is weird is that i accidently moved one into another. they were named weird numbers+letters (ie: 33j423j432b4j3bj3432k423) anyhow everytime i try to delete them i get an ACCESS DENIED. does anyone know how to delete them. 2. when i boot into OSX i see a drive "untitled" whats with that? and why is it there everytime? thanks a bunch!
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wrldwzrd89 macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Solon, OH	I get these same folders with weird names on my C: drive on my Boot Camp partition. You're not meant to delete them - Windows created them to store something, though I'm not sure what. __________________ iMac Intel (Rev H, 27"), 1TB HDD, 16GB RAM, 10.8.4
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speakerwizard macrumors 68000 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: London	if you formatted the windows partition as fat32 then you can go into the untitled folder to retrieve files from windows. __________________ mac pro octo-core, 10GB, 5.25TB, 8800GT, 30"acd iphone 3G, Macbook pro C2D
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thejadedmonkey macrumors 604 Join Date: May 2005 Location: Pa	On Vista you just have to change the folder permissions and then you can delete them... I didn't see them in XP. They're left over install files from when you installed the bootcamp drivers.. they can safely be deleted. and all this.. I'm not 100% sure, I just know I deleted them without any issues. __________________ MacBook Air • 17" MacBook Pro • iPod Nano • Apple TV Custom Windows 7 Desktop • Surface RT • WP8 "Good judgment comes from experience, experience comes from bad judgment." - Mulla Nasrudin
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kha Thread Starter macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2008	kinda of fixed #2 with the untitled. I booted into Windows and went to My Computer > right clicked C: drive and renamed it ".Windows" without the quotes of course. I believe by naming it with a period in the beginning allowed it NOT to show up on the desktop of OSX but rather only in the Macintoch HD drive where it appears normally as a mounted drive. This doesnt bother me much. as far as trying to delete those folders.. i am still in dying need to rid it. help help!
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