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I keep getting error code-50 when trying to delete a file from my external HD (western digital). I've restarted everything, it is not a special character problem. I have been using this HD for about a year and this problem just recently started. Also I cannot run disk utility verify because the HD does not show up in disk utility. Not sure if it ever did but I never had problems until now.
beecazz wrote:
Also I cannot run disk utility verify because the HD does not show up in disk utility.
That sounds like cause for concern, but I don't know whether it's connected with the -50 error.
Do you have backup to restore from if things take a turn for the worse?
For the deleting problem you could look at the following link. Trash It! seems to solve many Trash problems:
trash it app didn't work... saying "invalid argument" . i do not have this HD backed up.
I'm not sure what to suggest, but I think you need to get a backup plan organised, just in case the disk is shaping up to fail. I'd be inclined to do this before trying to troubleshoot the problem.
Once you have backup, you could try booting into the Recovery HD to see if the drive is detected and any repairs are needed. Restart holding down Command + r and once booted select Disk Utility. Select Macintosh HD and click on 'repair disk'. If anything is repaired click on repair disk again until you get a clean pass. Restart as normal from the Apple menu and see if you can delete the file.
Cannot delete files from external HD error code-50
