Removal of old partition folder after partition merge

I merged two partitions on my lone HD using Partition Magic 8. It took the former partition, and turned it into a folder on my C: partition called C:\j. Now, I want to remove this folder (I've transferred everything out of it) but I can't get rid of it. I've tried using attrib -s -r -h c:\j /s /d but it still wouldn't delete.

I've got a 250Gig HD running on XP SP2 with Intel Application Accelerator.

Thanks in advance,

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See how this goes. Use the rd command.

Close all open applications.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the directory with the offending files.
Then open the Task Manager and click on the Processes tab. select "explorer.exe" under Image Name. Click "End Process".
That will leave you with only the command prompt and the task manager running.
Now at the Command Prompt, its time to delete the file(s). Using the DEL command. Example c:>\movies\DEL movie.avi
Now the files are deleted, go to the task manager and click on the Applications tab. Click the "New Task" button. in the dialog, type explorer.exe and click OK.

For folders the command is 'rd'.

Don't worry if it doesn't delete it. There are a few other ways to try.

 

"Access is denied"

I should have mentioned I used RD and RD /s. Within C:\J is a hidden system folder called "System Volume Information" which cannot be modified in any way. I cannot even change the attribs. If I try to attrib -s, it says, "Not resetting hidden file - C:\System Volume Information". If I try to attrib -h, it says, "Not resetting system file - C:\System Volume Information. If I try to do both at once, I get, "Access is denied - C:\System Volume Information".

What are these other ways I can try?

 

Did you turn off explorer.exe in the task manager before trying to get rid of it?

Seach major geeks for access denied. You'll find all that you need there.
Programs like move on boot & other goodies.

 

Yep. Followed you instructions exactly. The computer really thinks it's still a physical partition, so won't allow me to delete it. I'll take a look at the "access denied" stuff here.

 

I tried all the programs --the MoveOnBoot, Killbox, etc-- that were mentioned in that article. None of them could even look at the System Volume Information directory without a warning dialogue coming up. Any other ideas?

BTW, this isn't a critical thing for me, it's just for the aesthetics, and the challenge of doing something I should be able to do.

 

Good question. It only lists my real Primary partition and the new logical partition I just created. Nothing mentioned about this volume-folder. It treats it as a folder except for when you try to modify that System Volume Information folder.