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    error 0x80070570 when deleting a half/downloaded program

    hey guys im somewhat computer savvy but this is boggling my mind. I was downloading a rather large computer game (Mabinogi) and about half way through the download, my power went out (storm i think) and when the power came back on, I had a partial program. I decided to start from scratch since im aware that the download program the game uses is a little buggy. When I went to delete said partial program, I was given the error "error 0x80070570: File is corrupt and unreadable". The file itself is not what bothers me, just the fact that I want it gone and can do nothing to remove it even under "administrator". Ever since, I have been getting a few BSOD's. I can't help but believe these 2 things are connected. I do not have the original discs that came with my Asus G50VT laptop and cannot even wipe the drive to start over.



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    Please help me to get rid of this corrupt file! Even "Eraser" won't touch it :-|

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    Re: error 0x80070570 when deleting a half/downloaded program

    Welcome
    The best course of action, in this situation, is to remove the problem download with a system restore. Go back to at least a day before the problem began. YOur stuff should not be affected.
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    Re: error 0x80070570 when deleting a half/downloaded program

    If your computer was writing to the hard drive at the moment power was lost, there could be file damage. In general, the IO controller is designed in a way to self correct such errors, but sometimes it isn't possible. Why would you run into the BSOD even though the only problem you seem to have is with deleting the partially downloaded file? The damage may not be isolated to just your downloaded file. Some hard drives can accidentally overwrite existing files in the split second of losing power, if they haven't been designed with strong enough safety protocols.

    In short, as Rich pointed out a system restore may fix your problems, at the very least help prevent the BSOD from appearing. It is possible that it may roll back the partially downloaded file as well. But if it doesn't do the trick, there are some other things to try. You should run a disk defragmentation, as this might help fix any damaged file references. One last thing... you could try moving all healthy files out of your download folder, then delete the download folder in hope of the act taking with it the damaged download file (this way you're not explicitly trying to delete the file--the system will reference it via the act of deleting the folder).

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