Vista Error: MS-DOS Function invalid

You want to delete a file and Microsoft Vista in its role as guardian angel of your data to prevent this by posting messages comic type:

Copy the file - An unexpected error block this operation: Note the error code, which can help you resolve the problem later: Error 0x80004001: Not implemented.

Copy the file - MS-DOS Function invalid.

The solution is simply to carry out the commands in MS-DOS, since Windows Vista is not able to do with its graphical interface of the future:

  • Open a console window:

Start / Run /
cmd

  • Change into the directory in question


Cd dir_name
to go in a directory

Cd ..
restore for a directory

Cd\
to return to the root (C: )

  • To delete the file:

del filename

  • To copy the file:

xcopy directory filename