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

[wakkaday]

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

[Taf]

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

[Dai]

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

[Pauls9]

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

[qasdfdsaq]

Have you tried the delete key on your keyboard?

[ZrByte]

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.

[Kymmy]

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

[qasdfdsaq]

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

[Kymmy]

exfat supports Access Control Lists unlike Fat16/32

[qasdfdsaq]

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

[Kymmy]

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

[qasdfdsaq]

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