i just purchased a maxtor one touch external drive for backup purposes.

rather than use their software, i decided to just drag and drop my files onto it.

everything went well.

i went to look at some of the files on the external drive to make sure everything was okay. but i discovered that a few files and a few folders were NOT okay. they could not be opened nor deleted. giving me the error "the file or directory is corruptible and unreadable".

i want to return this item but would like to remove these files before i do. i have tried using UNLOCKER and MOVEONBOOT. but neither one is able to help me remove these files and folders.

i guess i COULD reformat the drive but that would remove the software that came with it. i don't think the store would appreciate my returning a drive with it's software missing.

any advice?

thanks in advance,

terry