[Virtualacorn-list] File errors

[Barry Punchard]

On 4 Jan          alan at adamshome.org.uk wrote:

> In message <4ef8581850.barry.punchard at barry.btinternet.com>
>           Barry Punchard <barry.punchard at btinternet.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 4 Jan          brian.jordan9 at btinternet.com wrote:
> 
> >> On 04 Jan, Barry Punchard <barry.punchard at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >>> Using VRPC-SE 1.0.6 under Windows XP I've had an annoying problem with
> >>> some files I can't get rid of. They are called 'nul/png' or close

> > Yes, and another problem file is 'prn.zip', so a similar reason?
> 
> I'd guess lpt, con, prn, prt? nul, com, maybe usb#
> (lineprinter, console, printer, null, communications... in DOS speak.)
> 
Thanks, that is the answer.

> >> In my case, I accidentally created 'nul.png', which Windows kept
> >> mistaking for the nul device whenever I tried to delete it. What I
> >> finally did to get rid of nul.png was use Disk Explorer (an NTFS-aware
> >> sector editor) to rename the 'file' to 'nxx.png' and then deleted it
> >> normally."
> 
<snip>
> I feel a need for the sector editor...

I downloaded Disk Explorer, but that didn't seem to have the capability of
writing sectors, perhaps I missed something. When I tried WinHex it seemed
that the free version can't write and the write version costs 40 Euros.
Any free software that can do this?

Barry
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