| Windows 7: No Hurry: Windows creates folder(s) on portable hdd |
28 Sep 2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Estonia |
No Hurry: Windows creates folder(s) on portable hdd Like i said in title windows creates folders on my portable hdd and read only and can not be deleted when windows is running folder names look like hash, one time i saw how windows installer dumped automaticly temp files on my hdd. Thats should be all. | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
28 Sep 2011
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#2 | | Windows 7 Pro-x64 South Texas |
I'm not sure I know the question. ??? 
It sounds like you have temporary files assigned to it. What do you normally store on the drive? What is it's use? Do you have any software programs stored on it? Did you download ZIP files to it? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Built 2/11/2011 OS Windows 7 Pro-x64 CPU i7-2600 3.4GHz - 3.8GHz Turbo Motherboard Intel DH67BL-B3 Memory 8Gb - 2x4GB, Muskin 991770 PC3-1333 Graphics Card Integrated Intel HD 2000 Sound Card Integrated Intel 10.1 HD, RealTek ALC892 Monitor(s) Displays Asus LCD VH222H, Haier HL24XSL2a Screen Resolution 1920x1080, 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech EX100 Wireless Mouse Logitech EX100 Wireless PSU Seasonic 650W 80+ Gold Modular Case Rosewill Defender Cooling Stock CPU, Four 120mm case fans, PCH fan added Hard Drives Crucial C300-128Gb,
Western Digital WD5002AALX - 500Gb,
Western Digital WD7501AALS - 750Gb Internet Speed 2.5/1.5 Mbs Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials Browser Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 Other Info Antec Veris Premier-Multimedia IR Station,
Cyber Accoustics-3602 Speakers,
AFT XM-5U Card Reader,
Hauppauge TV-HVR-2250,
Sony LX300 USB Turntable |
28 Sep 2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
Please give us more details...what files or folders are created exactly? What are you doing when this happens?
What is the external drive formatted as? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz Motherboard Asus PL5D2 Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config) Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI) Keyboard Standard Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse PSU Antec TruePower 2.0 Case Cooler Master Centurion Cooling various fans Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc. |
28 Sep 2011
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#4 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Estonia |

Quote: Originally Posted by Corazon Please give us more details...what files or folders are created exactly? What are you doing when this happens?
What is the external drive formatted as? Drive Name : ADATA CH94
Format Type : NTFS
File Type Stored: Personal Data, Games ISO, Software Installers
Windows creates folder what names look like "a5kjhsdsk4jklshxcu3" it happens when i install stuff to C: drive not my ADATA ( E: ) like C++ redist or DirectX or so on. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
28 Sep 2011
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#5 | | |
Just temp files for the installers. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Alienware Aurora ALX R4 OS Windows 7 x64 (SP1) CPU Intel Core i7-3930K (3.2GHz, Turbo 4GHz) Motherboard Alienware Aurora-R4 x79 Memory 4x Samsung 4GB PC3-12800 DDR3 (16GB 1600MHz) Graphics Card Nvidia Geforce GTX 690 (Stock) Sound Card RealTek Integrated Audio Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp U3011 Screen Resolution 2560x1600 PSU 875W Some Dell PSU <.< Hard Drives Samsung P830 256 GB, WD Raptor 150GB, 2x 1TB HDDs Other Info Dell Inspiron Mini 10v (Intel Atom N270 1.6 GHz; 1GB; Windows 7 Ultimate) |
28 Sep 2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Estonia |
Yes, and its auto selected to dump on my ADATA and one time i had folder locked only read only did not help probertis uncheck read only still didnt allow to delete. Currently i dont have this folder i formated my ADATA | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
28 Sep 2011
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#7 | | MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 Somewhere in the middle of Desert :-) |
When you are installing new programs on your computer, and at that instance you have already connected the external HDD, some of the installers create a temporary folder on the external drive to expand the setup files before the installation is started. This is normal practice. This happens sometimes with windows and software updates also.
But all good installers delete these folders after the installation is completed. If by any chance you remove the external HDD before the setup is completed, then these folders are left out in your external HDD.
If your installed programs or updates complete successfully, then you can manually delete them from the external drive after rebooting the system once. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Toshiba Satellite P775-S7232 OS MS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit SP1 CPU i5-2410M 2.3GHz (2.9GHz Turbo-Boost) Sandy Bridge 32nm Motherboard Toshiba PHRAA ver. PSBY1U-00F003 Memory 4GB+4GB Samsung DDR3 PC3-10700 (1333 MHz) Graphics Card Video Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, 1696MB available memory Sound Card Realtek High Definition Audio version=6.0.1.6323 Monitor(s) Displays 17.3 " Trubrite TFT LCD, LED Backlit Screen Resolution 1600x900 32 bit, Native support for 720P content Keyboard Premium Raised Tile keyboard Mouse Logitech M215 wireless mouse PSU Toshiba AC/DC Adapter Case Notebook Cooling Built-in Fan Hard Drives TOSHIBA MK6476GSXN
580.614 [GB] partitioned C: 80GB and D: 500GB with hidden recovery partitons.
Spare bay for 2nd HDD but no SATA connector :-( Internet Speed Not fast enough Other Info Built-in Harman Kardon speakers with Dolby Advanced Audio, Waves MaxxAudio® 3. HDMI, 1xUSB3+3xUSB2 ports, WebCam, Battery life 4hrs 11mins, 4GB Readyboost SDHC card, WD My Book Essential Ext HDDs 2 TB, 2x1TB, My Passport SE 1TB and WDTV 1st Gen for Multimedia playing on a Sony Wega 32" LCD.
Recent addition to my toys are Asus Transformer Pad TF300T with 32GB onboard sd card + 32GB microsd card. |
28 Sep 2011
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#8 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Estonia |
Last edited by itvend; 28 Sep 2011 at 05:02 PM..
Reason: More sens
| My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 |
28 Sep 2011
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#9 | | Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit Fantasyland |
I've seen the same thing happen on my system actually - I only have one internal drive but 3 partitions, predictably C:, D: and E: - and on rare occasions some setup will leave behind a folder on E: with names like yours. But I've never had a problem deleting them after setup was well and done. Don't think there's actually any way to turn this off other than by removing all drive letters except your OS partition | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom-built OS Windows 7 Professional SP1 32-bit CPU Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz, overclocked to 2.7GHz Motherboard Asus PL5D2 Memory 4GB DDR2-667 (4x1GB in dual-channel config) Graphics Card nVidia GeForce 9800 GT Sound Card Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic Monitor(s) Displays Acer Screen Resolution 1920x1200 (DVI) Keyboard Standard Mouse Microsoft wireless optical mouse PSU Antec TruePower 2.0 Case Cooler Master Centurion Cooling various fans Hard Drives OCZ SSD Vertex Plus 60GB SATA (Firmware 3.55), 64MB cache
Hitachi HD321KJ SATA, 320GB, 7200rpm, 16MB cache Internet Speed DSL; ~330KB/sec down, ~110KB/sec up Other Info Have a laptop too :) (Compaq CQ60 also with Win7 Pro SP1 32-bit)
Drives in both systems:
C: - Windows 7 + apps. Pagefile is fixed size and located at the very end of the partition.
D: - various temp files/cache for Firefox and apps/games.
E: - videos, music, misc. storage, torrent downloads, etc. |
28 Sep 2011
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Estonia |
Undeletable folder got little lock image down at left corner. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 No Hurry: Windows creates folder(s) on portable hdd problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 09:00 PM. | |