no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

hey guys
i am trying to delete files from my external hd (western digital) but there is no option for delete. i only have copy.

i have to tried selecting the file, and going to 'file' (top window) and the option for delete is greyed out.

can anyone please help

i'm running windows 7 /
its say files system is exFAT on HD

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

Right click on a file and select properties... is it set as read only?

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

Permissions possibly? Were the files created/written from this same machine and user account?

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

If this is because the file is locked by another process, try Unlocker http://download.cnet.com/Unlocker/30...-10493998.html

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

Have you tried the delete key on your keyboard?

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

I have seen this many times with hard drive video cameras. think a reformat of the drive is the only way to enable file deletion as its an intentional side effect of using xFAT as its designed for devices like video cameras that have the abilty to wipe files from the device itself.

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

If the files were created by another system then the ownership may be preventing the deletion..

Select all files, right click go properties, security, advanced and under the permissions and owner tabs make sure that you have full rights to the files

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

He's using exFAT - there are no such permissions on exFAT.

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

exfat supports Access Control Lists unlike Fat16/32

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

It does, but you still dont get a Security, Permissions or Ownership tab when using it under Windows.

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

Any idea then how you set the permissions on exFAT? Never used it myself..

Re: no option to delete files from external hd (western digital)
 

Nope, all I know is there is no security tab like there is with NTFS :(