External Hard Drive shows random number
 

External Hard Drive shows so many folders with random number which i can't delete.

folder Access denied
You require permission from S-1-5-21-1606980848-764733703-1177238915-01003 to make changes to this folder?
3cfe3421ff1ac1f905e0cde9a2

I want to know how to get rid of these
i have 20 of them on my external HDD.

Re: External Hard Drive shows random number
 

these are from updates. There are apps available that should force delete a file. Eraser may well do it if selecting erase at next reboot

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i extracting and installing games from external hard drive to windows.
i think few more weird folders came.

Eraser software got bad reviews.
i got windows 8.1. Eraser system requirements won't work with windows 8.1????

P.S. might be updates because i install windows so many times.
but can't find a way to delete them.

Re: External Hard Drive shows random number
 

Gipo@moveonboot

http://www.gibinsoft.net/gipoutils/fileutil/

You just right click on the file and select "delete file(s) on next boot" from the context menu.

Re: External Hard Drive shows random number
 

You just right click on the file and select "delete file(s) on next boot" from the context menu.
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you can't delete on next boot. i right click it only shows delete not next boot.

GiPo@FileUtilities is a set of utilities for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP. not for windows 8.1..

Re: External Hard Drive shows random number
 

eraser works fine on win 8.1

Re: External Hard Drive shows random number
 

Perhaps a reboot will show the correct contect menu item...

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/taf.parsons/delete.jpg

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i install eraser but it still won't remove.

Re: External Hard Drive shows random number
 

These permissions are referring to accounts that do not exist on your computer. Most commonly when you take a drive from one computer and use it on another that does not have the same accounts.

If you have administrative rights on the machine then it's easy enough to reset permissions.

Or if you don't have permissions you ought to put the drive back into the computer it was taken from and delete things from there.

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or you could just copy what you need to save reformat the drive and copy it back again

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that's going to take so many hours.
I need another 2 Terabyte external hard disk