Augeas
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Not if Outlook works in the same way as OE. The emails are held in independent data bases and when deleted they will be flagged as such and retained in the database. You can compact these data bases to recover space held by deleted emails. CC does not clean emails, and wipe free space won't touch them, apart from the possibility of wiping space freed when you compact the email data bases.
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I was under the impression that if Recuva can scan a device it will return anything it finds regardless of extension (this is scanning without using the wizard). After all it's just a stream of data to Recuva, isn't it?
Did you do a deep scan of the entire disk (i.e. no filters) and then enter .mts in the Filename box? If so you will get nothing returned as you enter the dot or the m or t. but when you add the s the list pops up. Or just enter mts without the dot. I'm sure you've tried all the variations but just checking to be sure.
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Nope. Maybe in the order that the files are plucked from the MFT, or whatever method CC uses. Maybe the same order as Recuva returns files.
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Wipe free space will not help your lack of space at all. After you ran the Cleaner option how much space did you have on the disk?
I would chop your current run of CC, if you haven't already. Over 24 hours is too much. You may need to reboot to do this.
Look on your c drive for fairly large files with random names and no extension (I believe) created during the time you ran CC wipe free space. They are fillers created by CC and should be deleted.
Check how much free space you have. Can you archive any data, half a gig is nothing really. Run the Cleaner part of CC again, and check how much free space etc.
I would then run a defrag, the Windows offering is fine. Check free space, and post back here. You may need a second defrag.
I would not be in a hurry to run wipe free space at all. It is intended to overwrite old deleted data, and won't give you any more free space. Do not touch the Registry clean section of CC unless you're very sure of what you're doing.
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No, nobody in his right mind would fire you for using CCleaner.
No company (except small non-critical businesses) would countenance employees installing unathorised software on their computers. Stroll into your bank/doctors/accountants/lawers/hospital and be told 'Yes, we let employees install what they want on our computers,' and you would run a mile. The company could be sued into oblivion for letting this happen.
The argument that the company shouldn't have allowed me to do it is tosh. Employees have moral and legal responsibilites and duties.
It's only CCleaner? How do you know that? Even if it were only CC, there's no list of good and bad applications.
R works for a law firm (Good Grief!) and has admitted using unathorised software to remove traces of activity on a company computer. Doesn't stand a chance.
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Although I don't use secure overwrite every day, or even every week, I've never seen a ZZZ file that hadn't been overwritten.
Can you check that the deleted file's space hasn't been overwritten and you are actually looking at data from the overwriting file? It's also possible that the deleted space has been overwritten and then that file deleted, but you will still see the data. This can happen with edits/copies/defrags/etc.
Why not try a small test. Create a folder, copy in a few jpgs, add the folder to the custom folders to be deleted, right click on Custom Folders in CCleaner and delete. Then run Recuva to see what you can find. Sort by last mod date to get the correct ZZZs.
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Did you download from a safe site, either Piriform or Filehippo? I presume you reboot to stop the process? I would first run a full virus scan and then run chkdsk. Then reinstall CC from the safe sites named. What O/S, by the way?
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So in your case Rivanna if they didn't want you to install anything they shouldn't have given you admin rights, so its their fault.
You must have been listening to too many honourable MP's excuses, Keith. It wasn't forbidden, so I did it!
Employees still have a duty of care (don't they?) and I don't think that loading unathorised software comes under that. After all, CCleaner.exe could well be anyoldcrap.exe renamed, or being used to remove traces of activity.
And all I was doing was trying to make the computer run more efficiently and keep my co-workers from snooping!!!!!)Ho Hum. Stopping your fellow workers from looking at er, just what?
If you think I'm unduly harsh then nothing I say or do will have the slightest impact on your future, R. And nor will any of these posts. I should beg HR to take you back with a final warning, it's about all you can do.
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You work for a 'law firm', and you installed unathorised software on a work pc? Phew. Severe admonishment if you're lucky, if you're unlucky....
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It's really not that difficult. After running the scan (if you are in list view) you can sort the results by Filename, Path, Last Modified, Size, etc by clicking on the column headers - usual Windows stuff. Also in the Filename or Path box you can select an option from the drop-down box - including Pictures - or type in whatever substring you want to filter the results, which can then be sorted as before.
I have found that it doesn't matter what is typed in the Filename or Path box as recuva will do the full scan anyway and then disply what has been chosen, so you can change the filter criteria without doing another scan.
You can change the view to Thumbnails by right clicking somewhere in the display window and selecting the relevant View Mode. There may be a risk in this that your pc might not be able to support the resouces needed to display a huge amount of thumbnails, so use with care.
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How long does Recuva run? On my sys a scan takes 1.8 secs. Do you mean when you are doing some large-scale secure overwrites?
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Just click on the Date and Time header. This thread doesn't seem that wrong!
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Well, I am sometimes noted for my melancholic disposition.
Yep, I've installed Windows many times, and I know Windows doesn't have any startup items by default (except Ctfmon, if you don't untick Text Services during the install), but I've yet to see any pc without any, and many inexperienced users (there are millions out there) would see their pc behaving differently if startup items were removed, and panic.
Whilst it may be just what Metalj wants as a commercial user I would say that the overwhelming majority of CC users are private individuals with one or two pcs, and CC has to be suitable for a wide user base.
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You could try ticking the 'Automatically check for updates to CCleaner' box.
As for scheduling, it's been described in the forum before. You will have to search for it as I don't use it.
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I think that My Controls/Board Settings/Do you wish to view members signatures should be set to No by default.
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There would be a flood of 'My pc doesn't work any more' posts here. It's not something you would use every day, just once in the life of your pc.
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Eraser does have a good reputation so I'm inclinded to think that there's something peculiar with your setup. Maybe an Eraser user (I'm not one) could go through this step by step with you.
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Now I see what you mean. Autorun Eater is (probably) in the startup list and runs permanently in the background? CC is not going to do this. In any event it's more of an anti-virus thing, which isn't CC's bag. If you're happy with Autorun Eater, and it sounds as if you are, then stick with it. It sounds like a good idea if you have others poking usb drives in your pc.
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Sensitive information for shooting down intercontinental missiles as well as bank details and NHS records was found on old computers, researchers say.....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8036324.stm
They should have used well, what?
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Wouldn't it be too late? If CC or whatever can see if there's an autorun file wouldn't it already have autoran?
I understand that MS are issuing an update to disable autorun on USB drives. I don't know anything else about it.
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Jay, you originally asked about removing files resident in the MFT, and were pointed to Eraser as one option to do this. I can't understand why you went to all this trouble when you have Eraser installed and even ran it at one point.
We know Recuva won't overwrite files resident in the MFT. I don't know why, but I believe it's to do with some restriction in the Windows APIs that Recuva uses, and for integrity. Eraser gets over this by filling the disk with dummy files then deleting them. Recuva doesn't do this.
The nonsense about creating dummy files (and it is nonsense) is a modest attempt to clear out the files resident in the MFT without filling the disk. You seem to have tried to copy Eraser's function and fill the entire disk, a thankless task.
To be honest I can't tell what's on your disk. If you really want to wipe up the dross why not just run Eraser? Recuva has a certain set of functions, Eraser has another: just use whichever suits your needs.
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Search the forum, there've been lots of comments recently on this feature.
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Hard work. Just create a text file with zeroes in or something similar, copy and rename it ad nauseum. If you really want to do this then I would create a folder with say 100 files, then copy the folder umpteen times. Keep scanning with Recuva with the results sorted by size. Eventually (in theory, I've never done this) all these small entries will be overwritten. Once there are no files found by Recuva under 1k stop creating folders. Then delete all your folders (except one, to keep for next time). Personally I don't think it's worth the bother. As soon as you've finished another one will pop up. A free disk washer should do the same thing, but I don't use those either.
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Just wondering if these were files held in the MFT, but at 500mb the answer is no. Assuming that the wipe completed successfully (i.e checkboxes all ticked, takes some hours to run) I have no great, or even less than great, ideas.
System Restore feature in Ver 219.900
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It shouldn't be the number of points. I've just checked and counted and I have 58 on XPHSP3, and it takes around 2 secs to load. CC's sys restore has never failed to load OK. But I am on 899, I'll update and look again.
(I don't want 58 points, half a dozen would do, I'm down to 1% sys restore size and can't go any lower.)
OK Updated to 901. Boy, this is fast. All 58 points in the blinking of an eye. Could do with a sort on date/time, but no hurry.