Can i use restore points to fixa corrupted file??

[Padaxus]

A file in my Documents has been corrpted and it cant be deleted as XP tells me its being used by a diff prog or person i should close that first and trya gain.

Except that i have no other applications running at the time so i was thinking that maybe i can use a recent restore points on XP well one that was before the file became corrupted (last night) becuase now the comp has slowed toa crawl and ic ant do anything with out a 1min wait for it to do it


is it possible to boot from a restore point before the file became corrupted?? if it is how do i go about doing it??

thnx for all yr help

[HAL9000]

In that case, most likely not as the system restore is designed not to touch data. Try booting to safe mode and deleting it.

[jeresimo]

Is that a WORD or EXCEL file? I do encounter once in while situations like that. What I did was, close all progams and rename the file via Window Explorer. Then delete them one by one. I dunno why this works for me though ?

[Padaxus]

its an AVI file

How do i start in safe mode?

[jeresimo]

Tap F8 key many times while your comp is booting.

[Tuf]

From dougknox.com:


How do I delete an "undeletable" file?

Thanks to MS-MVP Kelly Theriot for this tip.

Open a Command Prompt window and leave it open. Close all open programs. Click Start, Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE Go to the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe. Leave Task Manager open. Go back to the Command Prompt window and change to the directory the AVI (or other undeletable file) is located in. At the command prompt type DEL where is the file you wish to delete. Go back to Task Manager, click File, New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell. Close Task Manager.