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Hi,
This is yogesh.

yesterday i realised that in my 'C'drive/programme file there is a folder with the size of 32GB.
When i opened that folder i got so many .bak files. Now i am not able to delete them from my pc. At the time of deleting them
I get error massage saying that "You can't delete it."
NOw my 'C' drive is total full. I am not able to acess my internet and i am not able to install any kind of software in my pc.

Please help me.

Regards,
Yogesh
India

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Thread summary and focused troubleshooting for the 32 GB folder of “.bak” files reported by . Several replies have suggested using an alternate OS or a file-unlock utility (, ) and trying a limited-boot option (). Those approaches can work when Windows holds open handles, but the immediate priority is identification and a safe reclamation plan to avoid breaking installed programs.

First, identify what the .bak files actually are before mass deletion. Record the exact folder path and a few filenames, check file sizes, owners and timestamps, and open a small sample .bak with a plain-text or hex viewer to see if it looks like a database backup, application snapshot, or plain text. Copy one or two samples to external media for inspection—preserving samples avoids accidental loss of needed backups.

Next, determine whether any process or service is locking the files. From an elevated environment, search for handles referencing “.bak” (Resource Monitor’s Associated Handles or a process-handle tool can locate the locking process). If a service is holding the files, stop that service cleanly before removal. If ownership or ACLs prevent deletion, take ownership and grant rights, then remove files. Examples of commands that can be run from an elevated Command Prompt or Windows Recovery prompt:

takeown /f "C:\path\to\folder" /r /d y
icacls "C:\path\to\folder" /grant Administrators:F /t
del /f /q "C:\path\to\folder\*.bak"
rd /s /q "C:\path\to\folder"

Cautions and cleanup: confirm that the .bak files are not required (application or database backups). Run a full antivirus scan and a quick file-system check (chkdsk) if deletion fails or errors persist. If disk space is critically low, temporarily move large user files (videos/photos) to external storage or attach the drive to another machine for removal. Finally, consider investigating which installed program produced the .bak files so future automatic backups do not exhaust C: again.

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Unlocker.exe. Free.

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I am not able to acess my internet and i am not able to install any kind of software in my pc

do you do a lot of gaming and save the game for future use ,maybe just go into the gameand delete the saved games!!

if the live linux doesnt work have you tried safe mode ,get to save mode by hitting f8 on bootup

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