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I don't like cats that much my grandma use to have one when she was still alive. They meow and bother the owner for the main purpose of getting fed. Even when stuffed they still go off up the garden and kill the wildlife. They don't fetch stick, slippers or bring the morning paper unlike dogs. Cats maybe self sufficient but you can't beat a dog for friendship and loyalty. Richard S.

Windows already implements this with your existing hard drive it's called virtual memory. Richard S.

As I understand it the goal of CCleaner is to remove crap and thus freeing up disk space but it should be worth pointing out event logs are typically no bigger than 512KB, not 512MB or even 512GB. Is 512KB of disk usage worth crying over?? Richard S.

As far as I'm aware AVG has a built-in email scanner but it should be noted that it's capability of generating false positives is quite shocking. Richard S.

It's companies like Avria that make me want visit astalavista and search for "patch" I'm sure the toolbar can be crippled without it complaining but I won't bother since I don't use Avira anyway. Richard S.

They're in the folder: C:\Windows\System32\Config AppEvent.Evt - Application SecEvent.Evt - Security SysEvent.Evt - System (and no cheating using an offline boot disc) Richard S.

Defragging doesn't cause applications to crash if you need to restart Windows then you should complain to the software provider. While it's useful in some cases to shutdown Windows after defragging I don't think there's any real justification for a reboot. Richard S.

Why restart Windows after defragging?? Richard S.

The event logs files are capped to maximum of 512KB (by default) which isn't really much if you think about it. If you want to prevent any further software / system logging then run "services.msc" and disable the "Event Log" service. As for CCleaner I doubt this idea could ever be implemented event logs files are protected from outside deletion or modification. While on a similar subject does CCleaner remove debug logs of Piriform products and Windows crash dumps i.e. %windir%\minidump\*.dmp ?? Richard S.

I assume this is some BHO crap you can uninstall later, or would that cripple Avria?? Richard S.

Never format or quick format a drive because this could wipe data belonging to lost files. As for saving files to the same drive you're recovering from this is bad practice because recovered files could corrupt other lost files. Given the fact that Recuva can see lost files would seem to suggest the partition table is still intact. It's quite possible running: chkdsk.exe /f e: (assume e: is your external drive) would correct your access problems. If not then perhaps TestDisk maybe more successful at patching up the file system. Richard S.

If you're experiencing read problems then MHDD maybe able to help because it can patch out bad sectors making them readable again. I've used this program in the past to help a friend's PC when their laptop hard drive developed a habit of locking up Windows. When you run MHDD remember to set remap to "on" before you scan otherwise it won't fix anything. Richard S.

Sorry, I misread the original post. As far as I'm aware the Windows Update logs are stored in C:\Windows\WindowsUpdate.log if CCleaner had removed this file Recuva should be able to recover it. To restore the logs I guess you just replace WindowsUpdate.log with the original copy of WindowsUpdate.log although I've never attempted this before. Richard S.

How to your mean "crashed & burned" did you lose your partition data or Windows wants to format your drive?? If you have file system problem then try from the DOS Prompt (cmd.exe): chkdsk.exe /f d: (assuming d: is your problem drive) If you have a partition table problem then try TestDisk and see if this works otherwise continue using Recuva. Richard S.

Internet history isn't stored in the system registry it's a file on your hard drive. If you haven't specifically disabled history cleaning then CCleaner is to blame for your loss. You maybe able to recover index.dat using Recuva however exacting the URLs could be difficult. Richard S.

Dennis wants to restore XP from a backup copy nLite would not be useful in this situation. Richard S.

Providing you haven't formatted your drive I would suggest you try TestDisk and repair your lost partition table. Richard S.

Just out of curiosity do you have anything noteworthy in the Application and System event logs (eventvwr.exe)?? Richard S.

You can do this anyway "Settings", "Shutdown after Defrag". Richard S.

Turning off the System Restore is not smart if malware has damaged your system because you need to restore back to a workable state. While it's true malware files and registry keys can lurk inside restore points this only becomes an issue if you perform a system restore. In any case most good AV programs can scan and clean restore points so I really think the above advice is rather dated now. Richard S.

Toshiba laptops from the XP era usually come with a product recovery DVD + driver / utility CD. Richard S.

"Class not registered" is typical of a WMI problem / corruption. Try WMI Diagnosis Utility maybe this would help. Richard S.

A USB flash drive may work better with chunks of KB data in contiguous alignment but a fragmented file system is unlikely to cause noticeable slow down when compared to a hard drive of moving parts. Furthermore due to limited write cycles (before malfunctioning) it's not advisable to defrag because this would involve a lot of reading and writing data. Richard S.

Does grunting get any worse than this?? Richard S.

So I decided to login with my phone and PC using their assigned accounts but still no add requests are showing when I try to re-add. Am I missing something here?? Richard S.