I was transferring a folder from my INTERNAL HD to a flash drive attached by a USB port and the computer froze. I re-started the computer but the particular folder I tried to transfer now gives me the following error message when I tried to delete it: "The file or DIRECTORY is corrupted and unreadable." I searched your forums and FOUND a discussion about this problem. A link was given for using the cmd prompt but I did not understand the directions. I searched online some more about deleting a folder with the cmd prompt and came upon these directions in relation to deleting a folder (as compared to only a file):

1. First locate the folder that you would like to delete.
2. Then on the command prompt type:

Code:

rmdir foldername


Since my flash drive is labeled as the "G drive" I typed: G:\>rmdir CORRUPT but this did not WORK (I changed the name of the folder to "corrupt"). I also tried: G:\>rmdir Comedy\George Carlin\corrupt and included the entire name of the file path. Nada. Am I doing this at all correctly?At the Command Prompt, type chkdsk g: /fAwesome!! The folder is gone. Thank you.
So what just happened with that command?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHKDSK