How do I get rid of undefragglable files?

[dobermanmacleod]

There are some blue blocks I can see that aren't being rounded up and coral-ed into the larger block of files. When I click on the square it tells me what the files are named (and they inevitable are zero size), but I can't find them with search to delete them.

 

How do I get rid of [delete] undefragglable (zero sized, and therefore irrelevant to my programs or the operating system) files? I've already ran error check in Windows XP to no effect.

 

By the way, the reason I want to get rid of them is that I think they are interfering with me downloading a large file onto a flash drive (i.e. I'm getting a message that I don't have enough space when I'm trying to download a mrimg using Macrium Reflect - I ought to have a couple of gigabites extra space than I need).

 

Just so you know, I've already loaded a 6 gig. mrimg file onto it earlier (and deleted it so I would have enough space to load the 10 gig. one that won't fit now - even though I have twelve gigs of space).

 

I bet those errant files are the culprit, since they probably make it so I don't have a large enough contiguous space.

[Aethec]

What are they named ?

[DennisD]

Welcome to the forums dobermanmacleod.

 

I edited the bold highlighting from your post as it really does makes it more difficult to read.

[Uranus One]

I'm not clear if the problem is a flash drive or a disk. But if a flash drive, copy the files you need and format it. Flash drives are quite prone to errors if you unplug without disconnecting properly. If not format it, run a chkdsk on the flash drive, will greatly help. Run Complete Chkdsk. But the best option, if you can, is format.

 

 

Greetings!