external hard drive "travelstar"

I am having trouble with an extern USB2 drive from a Chinese company
named TravelStar. My MacBook recognizes it, and I can even copy files
onto and off of it, but I am unable to delete contents. When I try to
delete items the process is ridiculously slow. Afterwards, "ghosts" of
the old folders and files remain. When I click on them, the names
revert to "untitled", and they don't appear to have any contents... but
the memory of the HD remains occupied. This is a nuissance! I'd
appreciate any suggestions.

Thanks, Matt
--
Matthew Hiebert
www.aroundsquare.com
www.worldsonastring.com

In article <1162783743.951697.250820.RemoveThis@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
mbhiebert.RemoveThis@gmail.com wrote:

> I am having trouble with an extern USB2 drive from a Chinese company
> named TravelStar. My MacBook recognizes it, and I can even copy files
> onto and off of it, but I am unable to delete contents. When I try to
> delete items the process is ridiculously slow. Afterwards, "ghosts" of
> the old folders and files remain. When I click on them, the names
> revert to "untitled", and they don't appear to have any contents... but
> the memory of the HD remains occupied. This is a nuissance! I'd
> appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Thanks, Matt
> --
> Matthew Hiebert
> www.aroundsquare.com
> www.worldsonastring.com

Reformat it.