Deleting corrupted files seems to be a real pain. All the suggestions out there recommend either formatting the drive or using Linux. What to do when both of these are not an option?
Note, that using robocopy
, remdir
, and del
in the terminal, or remove-item
in powershell are all returning the same error - "the file is corrupted or unreadable"
. Even echo 'hello' > <filename>
is giving the same error.
Has anyone come across a simple and quick - windows only - working solution, that does not require third party tools?
EDIT: My question specifically asks for a simple - no linux - and, quick - no full disk scans - solution. My question does not relate to locked files, rather corrupted ones, and therefore, I do not see it as a duplicate to this post.
chkdisk
, I've seen it suggested. But I'm specifically looking for a "simple" answer. I should've been more clear. "Simple" here, means "Quick". Thanks for the tip though.