I have a folder on my external harddrive I created some month, but I can't delete it.

As far as the disc seems to know, it's been deleted(according to commadline -> dir thatFolder, cd thatFolder and del thatFolder(EDIT: rmdir thatFolder doesn't work, too)), BUT in commandline dir folderAbove does show it, and if I start typing in commandline while in folderAbove and then press TAB(e.g. dir thatFo -> TAB), it gives it to me as valid result. If I try to rename it, I get the message "Cannot find this item.".

Running the disc check utility found nothing, no viruses/etc. have been found, the system has been restarted, and I also tried to delete it via safemode and commandline.

I tried moving another folder with the same name there(thought, they would merge), but it stays distinct from the "ghost" folder and when I delete the new folder the "ghost" stays, BUT to get the other folder to vanish from explorer, I have to eject, unplug and replug the drive, though it doesn't seem to affect my "ghost".

EDIT(don't know if this is important): The folder seems to have an space at the end of the name, that seems odd, but maybe thats the reason for the folder not getting deleted?

Does anyone have any idea what has happened or how to fix it?

Thanks in advance

• Edited by Gabe Gaf 11 hours 21 minutes ago Addition after EDIT