Can't empty trash

[mikethebook]

I'm running Snow Leopard and an unknown file has landed in trash and refuses to be emptied. Nor can I move it out of trash. What is it and how can I remove it please? Please see the attached file. When I check the info on it it gives me /Volumes/BOOTCAMP/.Trashes/501

 

[Manic Harmonic]

Do a chdsk in windows, or if you're using a 3rd party driver for like ntfs-3g or paragon NTFS, do a disk repair on the bootcamp partition. I've had this issue a few times and that always fixed it for me.

 

[mikethebook]

Thanks for the tip. When I do check disk there are two boxes, system errors and fixing bad sectors. Which boxes do I tick?

 

[Bertrude]

Have you tried doing a Secure Empty Trash? I've found that it sometimes successfully trashes things which won't empty normally.

 

[mikethebook]

I tried Secure Empty Trash without success.

 

[Bruno09]

You might use Onyx, or "Maintenance" (both from Titanium Software, I would recommend Maintenance over Onyx, for safety).

Both can empty the trash, whatever is in it.

 

[mikethebook]

Thanks. Not thought of that. I do a regular Onyx cleanup so maybe I'll wait until then.

 

[Fishrrman]

Try this:

1. SHUT DOWN the computer (power all the way off)
2. Restart the computer
3. Try to empty the trash now.

Any better?

 

[mikethebook]

No that didn't work but thanks for the idea. I'll be using Onyx shortly so I'll see if that works.

 

[mikethebook]

Onyx didn't work but using the chdsk in Windows did the trick. Thanks everybody.