Humm Thanks yes what you say sounds right and thats what i thought too. But I'll have my laptop and the westernal Digital HD pluged in and if I forget to unplug it, and I run CCleaner ...... wooo the HD comes alive and starts churnning and running. No Nobody but me can use any of my computers, (an IT thing I guess, want to see e1 else's computer but mine is mine...LOL) No I never entered a include or exclude files. I just did it again just now by mistake and ccleaner deleted 1,500 items, but I went and looked at the HD and it seems that nothing is missing. Can it be that there is a recycle bin in the Western Digital HD that CC is cleaning and not the real files in it. I just ordered another HD as a backup to this one just in case, but i Really would like to know what CCleaner is doing to the HD. And a note to future users of CCleaner, this is not a problem, CCleaner is a GREAT program I love it and, and oh heck I don't know what would happen if CCleaner ever stopped working. For you future users, download it, it's fast, through, and just plain out does a great job. I run it like countless times a day because it is so quick and easy and cleans it all, DOWNLOAD IT!
I also use "The ultimate Troubleshooter" for my tasks and startups ect. It also has a cleanup (Housecleaner) which by the way is much slower then CCleaner, but before I can run it, I have to do a check-off list which includes disconnecting all external HD programs ect. Maybe they all check hd's
Thanks e1, please let me know what ya think of this post response. Am I on the right track?
Ok new note: I went and checked CClean settings and it shows C: D: F: G: boxes, C: OS and G: HD. But only the C: OS is checked off. So I can't understand why CCleaner is reading and deleting my G: HD. Oh and I set to see Hidden files and found nothing for G: HD but stupid me I checked properties and saw under tools "Disk Cleanup" which when ran showed 36Gig in a recycle bin on the HD. So yes I belive CCleaner is by default cleaning ALL recycle bins weather checked off or not. Which is not a problem for me. I just wanted to be assured that it is not wipping out my backups on the HD.
Thanks again everyone for your quick answers. And to you "Piriform" you have some great applactations. I love them all. And not because they are free, but because they work better then the ones you pay for. Thanks again e1.
Oh I forgot to tell ya, I running Windows-7 Pro on a few Dell Inspiron Laptops.