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  1. Well, he's no dummy. Just like "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature", I'm sure he realizes it's not smart to tick off the Grinch this close to Christmas.
  2. As a matter of fact... Anyway, thanks again for all your help (and patience).
  3. No apologies needed. And thank you. Off with their head!
  4. Sorry, Augeas. I thought you had understood that from my original post with this: "(Sometimes I'll work or surf while it's running, so I know it can't catch newly updated files.) Usually it's only a few files, so I'll just use Recuva's "secure delete". The main reason I clarified was because my original concern was I thoiught I was still recovering files after several attempts at Recuva's "secure delete" on a few select files,whereas it looked like mta was referrring to people who hadn't attempted what I had done. Sorry about that.
  5. OK, now I get. it makes sense now. Thanks very much for taking the time to explain it (a couple of times, even). :-) OK, now that my issue has been resolved, the least I can do is "pay my bill." I also have [another product] on my system. (I get the license thru giveawayoftheday). But I should clarify my comments to make sure we're on the same page. My issue wasn't with ccleaner not wiping. Basically, instead of me launching the wipe process and leaving it to run uninterrupted, I often work or surf at the same time, so when it's completed,I know I've probbably been writing to places it was trying to write to. So, what I do is, run Recuva and there's might be a few hundred files it locates. (On the other hand, when I do let ccleaner run uninterrupted, usually overnight, when it's completed, Reuva usually doesn't find anything other than the zz files.) And I would Recuva's "Secure overwrite" to take care of those. And now after Agueas' explanation, (I was seeing the preview of the live file, assuming that was the "deleted" file), I'd say my issue is resolved.However, if you have a scenario you'd like me test using [other product] and Recuva to maybe help resolve some other claims, I'm willing. I've only used their "Disk Eraser" (drive wipe) process a couple of times, but it always took too long, so I swithced back to using ccleaner's. But their "System Cleaner" seems to catch more system & log files than cc, so I use theirs.Anyway, feel free to let me know.And thanks again to all who replied. M
  6. Just to make sure I'm understanding correctly, are you saying that the Preview displayed wasn't of the f_000025 file, but of whichever file was listded in the "comments" section (and also the "info" tab)? Is that also the file you refer when you say "live file"? Thanks,
  7. Often times, after I've run ccleaner's Drive Wiper, I'll run a scan in Recuva to see if there are any files which might not have gotten overwritten. (Sometimes I'll work or surf while it's running, so I know it can't catch newly updated files.) Usually it's only a few files, so I'll just use Recuva's "secure delete". Today there were just some picture files in Chrome's cache (they had viewable "previews"). Their initial state was "very poor". I ran "secure delete" (Gutman) and they changd to "unrecoverable". But I could still see the preview. I repeated the "secure delete" operation, and still the preview was there, but in "unrecoverable" status. Just to see what I would come up with, I decided to recover a few of them. And despite them being listed as unrecoverable, I was able to recover them. All I had to do was add the jpg extension to them and the recovered files looked just as good as the preview in Recuva. Another test I tried was, after I performed the "secure delete" and the file state changed to "unrecoverable", I ran the scan again, and they had returned to the "very poor" condition. Long story short, even after performing a "secure delete" several times on the same file(s), I was still able to recover them and open them with no problems and no loss of quality. (Hmmmm...noticed a typo after I hit "submit" but couldn't find option to edit post title - even using "full editor".)
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