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    Resolved [RESOLVED] Deleting Files and Folders

    I have just installed a new WD IDE 500gb hard drive. I took my 120gb WD IDE hard drive and put it in a external HD case. Now what I want to do is delete everything off the external hard drive. I used Acronis to image everything to the new 500gb drive. So my original 120gb drive has everything on it. So it is already formated. I highlight everything on the drive and hit the delete key and it says Cannot Delete Administrator. Or I try to highlight some of the folders and it says Disk Not Ful or Write Protected.
    How can I delete everything off of that drive so I can just use it to back up files etc.?
    Thanks for your help.
    coach17
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    Go to Disk Managment, select the 120 drive and format it. Everything will be gone and it will be formatted and ready to go.
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    Thanks for the reply. I formatted the drive and I am now good to go.
    Thanks for your help.
    coach17
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    You're welcome. Glad it worked for you.
    Biostar TA790GX A2+ 6.0
    AMD Phenom X4 9750 CPU.
    4 Gig DDR2 Memory.
    ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
    ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
    500 Watt P.S.
    LG W2241T Widescreen 22" LCD
    ViewSonic VA721 17" LCD
    Envision 17" LCD
    2 LG DVD Drives
    Floppy Disk Drive
    Maxtor 120 Gig Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
    Gateway NV5378-U Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Acer Aspire V3-731 Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

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