Ubuntu and WinXP

[squareyes]

Duncan Lithgow wrote:
>
> Is his drive partitioned as fat32? If yes that's fine - if it's ntfs you
> should be careful and read about ntfs support in linux. It's not
> perfect.
>
> Were you running a root terminal when you tried to delete these things?
> In Knoppix just open terminal and type 
> $ sudo -s
>
> to get a root terminal, I think it's the same from an Ubuntu Live CD.
>
> Duncan
>   
Hi Duncan

unfortunately his drive is ntfs, and I did run as root. with Knoppix.
I think that ad-a-ware may now have removed it for him. I am just curious
as to how problems such as this can be attacked. Better that I know how,
no one else in town does :-)
Many thanks for the help .
Take Care
Winton