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Unfortunately, no matter how many ways you check "Show Hidden Files", you're probably not going to be able to see them in Windows Explorer. I kinda stumbled on this on my own, after a virus scan revealed infected files in the FOUND.000 directory, and I couldn't find it to save my soul. There is one way that I have found to get rid of them quite effectively, no extra programs or anything required. Hope you like DOS and the Command prompt

Start -> Run -> Type in 'cmd' , sans quotes, of course.

Now, in the event you're not familiar with DOS at all, I'll walk through all the steps. You should now have a DOS window open with a prompt, somewhere into the directory of C:\

Type in 'cd ..'

Repeat that command until the prompt says only C:\

Here you can use the 'dir' command to display a directory of all the files and other directories directly on your hard drive. However, chances are you won't see FOUND.000 anywhere.

At the C:\ , type in 'cd found.000'

Funny thing, it's there. You can do a 'dir' here to see a list of all the files in the folder, or you can just get back to your plain C:\ by doing a 'cd ..' and type in 'del found.000'

This will prompt you to delete the entire directory, which I assume is what you want to do.

Now, I take no responsibility for what you can do with the following steps. They're completely unnecessary to the deletion of the FOUND.000 directory, but if you're a curious one like I am, and you just HAVE TO KNOW what else your computer is hiding from you, you can do this:

At the C:\ again, type in 'dir /a:h'

This shows you the hidden files and directories directly on your hard drive, even the ones that XP apparently doesn't want you to see. Some things here you don't want to mess with, because they can really screw up your HD. I'm willing to bet you'll see the FOUND.000 directory though.

Hope some/most/all of this helps!