

Please run the Chkdsk utility on the device&' The file system structure on disk is corrupt and 'Cannot delete file name: The file or directory is corrupt and "SYMPTOMS - When you try to delete a file on an NTFS volume, you may receive the following On the Microsoft Support website I found a knowledge base article that describes this problem very well (Q246026 - Cannot Delete or Repair Corrupted File on NTFS Volume): I have executed CHKDSK with the /F and /R switches, also with no resolution to this problem. I have executed "CHKDSK F: /X" on the subject drive, but that has not fixed the problem (see below). The file or directory is corrupted and unreadable. If I try to delete it from a command prompt like so: The file or directory is corrupt and unreadable." "Error Deleting File or Folder - cannot delete TD AmeriTrade: If I try to delete it through Explorer, the system returns the following error:

The full path to the subject file is "F:\TD AmeriTrade.url" The operating system indicates that it is corrupt or unreadable.

On the second drive (an NTFS partition named volume F) there is a shortcut file named "TD AmeriTrade.URL." This shortcut does not work and cannot be deleted. (Actually, there are several such problematic files on that drive, but suffice it to discuss one of them.) Let me explain the problem in more detail. There is a file on my computer's second drive that the Win XP system cannot delete.
