I have a MyBook Pro that I've been running Norton Ghost on and now that it's full, I'm unable to delete any files? Like any files. Right Clicking on a folder doesn't present me with the option of deleting , nor can I just use the delete key on a folder. What's preventing me from being able to delete? I need to clean out some old files so I have room on the disk for my backups, and I can't get rid of anything. I don't know if this is a hardware or software question, but I'll leave it here. If it's a software issue, please move Mods.
Check your drive permissions (usually right click/properties), and ensure the drive is owned by your current username. If not, you need to log in as root/admin/whatever Apple call it in order to delete the files.
thanks, but it's a PC. The My Book Pro is a WD external disk. I had Admin rights, but it was something strange anyway. Instead of wasting time trying to figure it out, I've already moved important docs off of it (I could copy but that was it) and am now in the process of re-formatting the disk itself.
Pretty much the most hassle free option is to just take what you want and hit the format button. I imagine Norton Ghost had a protect feature in place to prevent accidental deletion.
