windows 10 Bizarre video file: can open/watch/rename, but cannot copy/move/delete

[Firedrops]

I have a season of a show, there's only 1 particular episode doing this. It is a .mkv file. I can open it and watch it, skip around, etc, there's no artifacting or any hint of corruption.

 

However, this particular file cannot be copied, moved, nor deleted, but it CAN be renamed (still can't do anything after that, though). There's only a vague "Can't read the source file or disk." message on attempt.

 

I have checked permissions (identical to all the other non-problematic episodes), and did a chkdsk /F on reboo, "Windows has scanned the file system and found no problems. No further action is required."

 

 

Anyone know what's up? How can I fix it?

[cr8tor]

I highly suspect something is locking the file

Is it a an active torrent still?

Are you closing your video player before trying to delete it?

 

And if nothing else, reboot and try to delete it.

And if that doesn't work, boot into safe mode and delete it.

If that doesn't work, hollar at us again.

[Firedrops]

Thanks for the suggestions... but I'm back

It's not an active torrent file, it's been stopped and cleared from my torrent program for over a month now.

 

Similarly for the other suggestions, I first noticed these stuff about a month ago, and the system's been through about a month worth of shutdowns (and even 1 CMOS clearing) and not being opened by any media player. I, too, was hoping that it would be a 'mere' file lock issue, which is why I just left it for a while.

So finally I tried the safe mode (no networking)... also nope. Still "Can't read the source file or disk."

 

Quite a puzzler!

[cr8tor]

You might download WinDirStat and see if it will allow you to delete it or give you an idea of whats locking the file.

[Firedrops]

Thanks! WinDirStat worked to delete the file, then I could re-procure it and this time it works.

 

HOWEVER... another unrelated file just exhibited this behaviour as well, and stayed that way even after a "re-procurement". I could just try other methods, but is this a sign that my HD is going out?

[cr8tor]

On 12/6/2020 at 7:06 PM, Firedrops said:

I could just try other methods, but is this a sign that my HD is going out?

It could be, software could also be causing something like this also.

Diags on the drive would be a good idea if the manufacture has them.