[Permantly Deleting Files from Hard Drive]

Try this: use CCleaner. Check the option to wipe free space and wipe MFT. (I'm assuming you mean "wipe" or "overwrite" and not "delete" as Recuva is dealing with already deleted files which can be recovered.) This should overwrite all the files Recuva doesn't. Then look in Recuva to see if anything has changed.

 

P.s. you'll need the latest version - v2.29.xxxx. Let's know if it works.

 

Thanks for the advice, this does work to some extent although some files remain recoverable. I have a couple of programmes that will do this including Microsoft File Shredder. What I find frustrating is the experiance described above where after following the search you highlight or check the files for overwrite and then run overwrite only to get a message that says 0 files deleted in xxx seconds. If you follow this with recovering the files, many of them are fine. Cheers Graham J.

[Permantly Deleting Files from Hard Drive]

I want to delete all of the files that Recuva has found. I found the option, but it isn't doing it. It goes to the box and says "deleted 0 files in n seconds"

 

is there something I am doing wrong?

 

I share this exact problem, does anyone have the answer? Graham J.