big, big folder problem

[Guest Gux]

Hi,

I have an app that were malfuntioning during some days. That marvelous piece

of software created a tremedous load on my server while this malfunction was

in place, it created a folder holding more that 5 million (!!!) files and

more 20 GB. I need to get rid of that folder and when I click delete a

windows showing "preparing to delete" comes up and preparation seems never

ending plus, while this preparation, avg. disk queue length and pages/sec go

straight up to maximum possible values thus, server cannot porcess anything

else. Any advice will be welcome.

Thanks

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

Re: big, big folder problem

 

Hello,

 

from a cmd:

RD /S /Q *.*

 

You may also filter to divide the job:

RD /S /Q *A*.*

RD /S /Q *B*.*

....

 

 

 

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Cordialement,

Mathieu CHATEAU

http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com

 

 

"Gux" <Gux@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

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> Hi,

> I have an app that were malfuntioning during some days. That marvelous

> piece

> of software created a tremedous load on my server while this malfunction

> was

> in place, it created a folder holding more that 5 million (!!!) files and

> more 20 GB. I need to get rid of that folder and when I click delete a

> windows showing "preparing to delete" comes up and preparation seems never

> ending plus, while this preparation, avg. disk queue length and pages/sec

> go

> straight up to maximum possible values thus, server cannot porcess

> anything

> else. Any advice will be welcome.

> Thanks