I was having so much troubles to delete a folder that contains huge amount of files. Recently, I started playing with Node.JS and MEAN.js. The mean stack installed lots files (over 120MB, 17000 files) on my computer running Windows 7.
Delete lots file on Windows takes a long time and sometimes break the process and hung my computer. It, by default, removes files and it's subfolder from the folder I want to delete to recycle bin. You then have to right click on the recycle bin to clean the files.
There gotta be a simpler ways to clean files without cleaning the recycle bin.
So here are the ways to make that happen.
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Reformat and repartition USB Flash Drive From Windows OS
You can do this in DISKPART in Windows:
- Open an command prompt using Administrator rights.
- Run
DISKPART list disk- Note the disk number that corresponds to your USB drive (it should be obvious going by size)
select disk Xwhere X is the number from step 4list partition- There should be two, numbered 0 and 1, each about 7 GBselect partition 0delete partitionselect partition 1delete partitioncreate partition primaryexitexit- In Windows, go to Computer and try to open the disk. It will ask you to format it.
- Format it with the default settings and give it a name if you want.
It should now a single, unified partitioned drive.
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