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I have tried everything to delete old OneCare files on a USB drive. I followed the directions in knowledge base 943904 exactly and I can't delete the old files. I'm using XP Pro SP3. I turned off simple file sharing, granted myself permission, and delete fails. What a horrible design that makes it so difficult to restore 90 gig of hard drive. Can anyone help?

Thursday, April 23, 2009 12:36 AM

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It is more difficult than it should be to delete One Care backups. If there is no data other than One Care backups on the external drive format the drive. If there is other data on the drive that you wish to keep see this post on how to delete backups - http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/onecarebackupandrestore/thread/f0281206-ed0b-474c-8541-cc50843e5be2
Jim - MVP Windows Live - Forum Moderator - Live One Care - Live Mesh
- Marked as answer by Stephen BootsMVP, Moderator Thursday, April 23, 2009 1:04 PM
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