Can someone explain this in plain English?

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<p>I'm having issues deleting files from my Recycle Bin. Every time I hit "delete" I get the error message:</p>

<p>Cannot delete file: Cannot read from the source file or disk.</p>

<p>I have Googled the issue and every answer I find is written in computer jargon. While I am fairly good with computers, I do not care enough to learn what any of this jargon means. Does anybody know how to fix this problem, and can you explain it to me in normal English please? I would really appreciate the help.</p>

<p>Thanks guys.</p>

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<p>It can’t read the file name that it’s trying to delete. This offers a solution to the problem:</p>

<p>Start a command prompt (Start > All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt)</p>

<p>Type in:</p>

<p>del “?\C:\Temp\Stuff\Sales Agreement.”</p>

<p>(Replace the C:\Temp…etc. with the location of your file.)</p>

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<p>Alright, it worked. Thanks man!</p>

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<p>New issue. So my computer was acting slow so I turned it off for a few minutes and restarted. Now, for some reason, I can’t open one of my (important) Word documents. It originally gave me some error about a “mswrd632” file, so I Googled it and followed through with the given solution.</p>

<p>I don’t get that issue anymore, but now when I try to open the file I get an error that says “Microsoft Word needs a converter to display this file correctly. This feature is not currently installed. Would you like to install it now?”</p>

<p>I don’t have the disc to install “it,” though, and I don’t know what file I need to look for. Can anyone help me out? Thanks.</p>

<p>EDIT: I’m using MS Office XP or whatever it’s called.</p>

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<p>Okay I got it to open without an error message but now it’s just a bunch of gibberish - half-finished web addresses, computer lingo, and other random symbols. Is my information lost forever? Please help guys this is really important!</p>

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<p>If I didn’t recognize your name, I’d call you a ■■■■■.</p>

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<p>Pretty sure the file is corrupt (it looks the same on a Mac) but none of the restoration programs I find online seem to do anything.</p>

<p>Here’s an “excerpt” (if you will):</p>

<h1>welcome<em>headers</em>container .ui-panel-container .ui-panel-content { padding: 0 0 0 6px; background: url('<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/welcomeheaders/panel-white-leftright.gif’"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/welcomeheaders/panel-white-leftright.gif’&lt;/a&gt;) repeat-y 0% 0%; }</h1>

<pre><code> #welcome_headers_container .ui-panel-container .ui-panel-content .ui-panel-inner { padding: 0 6px 0 0; background: url(‘http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/images/welcomeheaders/panel-white-leftright.gif’) repeat-y 100% 0%; }
#welcome_headers_container .ui-panel-container .ui-panel-content .ui-panel-inner .ui-panel { display: block; margin: 0; background: #FFF; }
</code></pre>

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<p>^ An excerpt from what? </p>

<p>That looks like CSS to me which wouldn’t make any sense…also the cc address in there…</p>

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<p>Part of the CC address is in there. I don’t know, but it’s all funky and stuff. And that’s an excerpt from the Word document that became corrupt. Before it was two pages, now it’s sixty with stuff like that.</p>

<p>There’s some things that are relevant to what was in the file before, then there’s somethings that came completely out of the blue. (Some girl’s skype address is in there or something. I don’t know I don’t use skype.)</p>

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<p>I just found a link to Discover’s customizable credit card in the document, and I don’t think I’ve ever gone to that website (or anything similar).</p>

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<p>You f***ed something up bad, because seeing websites and CSS code in an unrelated word doc is…not supposed to happen. What was in the doc?</p>

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<p>It used to be several notes about things I needed/wanted to do in the near future, along with several links to web pages related to those things. (Mostly college stuff and links to college resources, etc.)</p>

<p>This morning, my computer was running slowly and began freezing, so I turned it off for a few minutes. When I turned it back on, this file was messed up. It wasn’t before I turned it off, though.</p>

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<p>Oh, well the links would explain the CSS and websites. </p>

<p>I think your file just got corrupted…unfortunately I don’t have any idea how to recover the original file. And why is no one else posting in this thread?</p>

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<p>Yeah I had a hunch that it became corrupt. However, I’ve tried about ten different repair programs and none of them worked. In fact, one told me that the document was too damaged to be repaired.</p>

<p>No idea how to recover the original file either.</p>

<p>Nobody else is posting cuz dey scurred of us.</p>

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<p>Backups are golden.</p>

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<p>^Amen.</p>

<p>All hail the flash drive.</p>