Augeas
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Keith, if you're using Recuva normal scan then the file list comes from the entries in the MFT marked as deleted. After defragging the disk the MFT might be consolidated in fewer places but as I understand it the marked-as-deleted entries remain just as they are, so you will get more or less the same number of files found. I have read that the MFT is similar to a relational table (or tables) and contains relative offsets, so the deleted entries can't be removed or, shall be say, defragged. It could be close to the truth.
After defragging you will probably have a far less chance of recovering anything, even if the filename count is similar.
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I think that the point is that CG's post count is six but Show All Posts only shows five. The original Aug 7th post in CC Suggestions seems to be missing.
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Firstly CC does not remove anything that is, or might be, 'infected' except by chance, it removes files from folders that are known to hold temporary or log or other not-really-necessary files. This is based on the perhaps flawed principle that most users do not place or store files thay wish to keep in such folders.
You should find, if you run Analyse again, that the files you are looking at either come from temp or log folders, or have a .lnk extension (shortcuts) etc. There should be no data folder, such as My Documents, in the list. (That should have been secondly.)
Thirdly I recommend using the default settings for Cleaning until you are more confident using CC. And don't use the registry clean until you are really confident.
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Seth, you have 630 gb of crap? What do you mean, 630 gb of free space or what? If they are files, as you imply, then how did you identify them and what are the names (just a few will do)?
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You're right Alan, that is how I understand CC 'cleans' index.dat files. But then again CC has never claimed to be a forensic cleaner, and more fool they who think so. Well, I suppose it keeps them happy.
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Yes, recuva can be used on floppies. If the floppies are physically damaged then it is possible that Recuva (or any application) won't be able to read the data, so you will be out of luck. If Recuva does read the floppies then by all means use the various options to try to recover the data, deep scan, undeleted files, etc.
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I shouldn't have thought so: nor would it be, in my opinion, even in the slightest bit desirable. If Recuva sometimes recovers data that is of no use then that's just part of the process of recovering deleted data. In any event Recuva only produces a snapshot of the state of your pc, there's usually some other activity going off, either user or system, that's creating and deleting files as you stare at the screen.
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It's possible the space the deleted file originally occupied has been overwritten with another file, but the deleted file's entry in the MFT (which is what Recuva looks at) still exists, and still points to the original space. Recuva will recover whatever is in that space, so you get another file returned. It's also possible that the overwriting file has been deleted too, so you could recover an entirely different deleted file. (It's not very easy to express this in a foolproof lucid manner.)
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Cheers, Ady. One learns somethimg new every day. I would learn even more if I read the documentation.
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Do you mean that:
1) The list of files shown in Recuva has only 188 entries (very unlikely) and you know that 4000 have been deleted?
2) The list of files shown in Recuva has 4000 entries but only 188 say recoverable?
3) Something else?
If 1 then try running a deep scan. This will take longer but produce everything that's on the drive.
If 2 then ignore the file status and try to recover what you want. Some will be good, some fail.
If 3 then perhaps you have been using your drive extensively and the lost files have been overwritten.
(If you were really old then you'd use capital letters at the start of a sentence and know that whatever it is that you're taking 188 from isn't 2200.)
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Do you have the Cookies box(es) ticked for your browsers in Cleaner/Windows and Applications?
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I don't get that error, but a registry scan under 2.23 produces fewer issues than under 2.22. From memory I think the hotfixes have gone, but I'm not that worried to reinstall 2.22 to see.
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Keith, I've just searched my drive for dbx and found all the .dbx files. Did you have Search System Folders, Search Hidden etc ticked in More Advanced Options? Without these ticked I get no results (I'm XPHomeSP3).
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Hi Bill, you suggested that the clean registry function of CC might be deleting files, instead of just deleting registry entries. Based on my experience with CC, several years reading this forum, the fact that the registry cleaner says 'Do you want to remove this entry' (or something similar), and the speed it does this, I assume that no data files are touched. (Hence the 'As far as I know..'.)
As for testing this, I also assume (from their silence) that many millions of users are running reg clean and not losing data files, especially .dbx files. Certainly in my experience CC reg clean has never deleted a data file, so I couldn't reproduce what you're experiencing.
Perhaps I should clarify something. Although I don't think that CC reg clean is explicitly deleting .dbx files, there may be some peculiar and rare combination of software, setup and usage on your and the OP's pcs that causes the .dbx files to be lost. I have no idea what this could be.
There's no separate set of products for those who have donated to Piriform. I'm not in any way associated with Piriform except as a satisfied user of their products, nor do I have access to any of their code. Or want to.
PS Bill, have you actually looked in the folder location in Keith's post to see if the .dbx folders are there? If you have lost the file association for .dbx files then OE may not show the mail folders but they might still be there. Or search your entire drive for .dbx files?
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When files are deleted to the recycler in Vista they are renamed in pairs as $I,,,, and $R..... (even though the original name shows in the recycler). I don't know what this file is doing, perhaps you could try to empty the recycler through Windows, or search for this file in Windows and delete it. You could also look for any other $I and $R files with the same suffixes and delete them too (to a flash drive if you're cautious).
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I can't search for this at the moment but from memory if any device that is using system restore becomes short of space then sys restore is disabled for all devices. Just another thing to check, because removing Windows Log files with CC does not remove sys restore points. Well, not on my box anyway.
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As far as I know CC's registry cleanup does not touch any files, it only removes registry entries it deems to be invalid (and have been selected by the user for deletion).
I don't know the cause of lost email folders but I would be very surprised if it were CC.
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You should find that some of these files will have a .lnk extension, which means they are shortcuts stored in Recent Documents, and not the actual files. CC only clears out temp int files, temp folders, logs etc. so you will not lose any live files, unless you store them in these folders which is not common practice. CC does not touch My Documents or any of the folders therein.
CC is safe if the default settings are used. Just check the file name/path/extension in the analyse list to confirm this for the first few times you run CC, until you are confident in its use.
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Can you walk me how to get rid of this infernal file?
This infernal file is NTFS's Master File Table which, as Wiki puts it, contains metadata about every file, directory, and metafile on an NTFS volume. If it is corrupted then you can only hope that Windows or NTFS itself can repair it. The only way to delete it is to run a disk reformat and reinstall Windows, which will give you a new one.
Windows goes to great lengths to prevent the MFT from being corrupted. Corruption may be indicative of a failing drive or playing with some disk partitioning/formatting software. I would follow Dennis's advice about Chkdisk (and read http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176646). If this doesn't succeed then a search on Google brings up many others with the same problem and some putative solutions.
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Why should there be? A moderator's (voluntary) job is to manage the board, not to reply to every post with wit, grace and impeccable wisdom. This is a self-help forum for a free product. Sometimes help and advice is, for whatever reason, not available.
2.23.999 install question
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Steady on, old bean. I guess from that folder name that you are running Vista? Can you post the actual file names (or a selectio of, if there are many)?
I don't have Vista, and certainly not Windows Defender, but I have run AVG with XP and CCleaner for some years with no problems. CC does not - in my experience - remove application files but if you post a few we'll be able to reassure you. That's if a guess from someone you've never met is reasurring.