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CCleaner's Wipe Free Space did not remove MFT for me, but the Drive Wiper seems to have worked just fine. Don't know what the difference is but I'm not gonna question good results, thanks!

Thanks Augeas. I will try tonight. One last question, when you say is "Show Non-Deleted Files" unchecked, do you mean it has to be checked for the process to work properly?

Augeas, i went into CC's settings and checked off "secure file deletion", "MFT', "alternate data streams" and "cluster tips" then ran it. But afterwards when I run a Recuva scan the jpg's still show up in the right hand pane Im going to try "Drive Wiper' tonight and see what happens.

I realize this is an old post but I would like to chime in here with a similar probem. I just cannot permanently delete my MFT jpg images using CC / Recuva. I've tried CC Wipe Free Space with MFT checked but the jpg's still show up on the right pane with a standard Recuva scan. I'm going to try Drive Wiper because some of you have said MFT is wiped automaticlly with that process. I'm not very optimistic though because from what I've been reading lately there seems to be no program out there that will effecetively delete MFT jpg's. Am I wrong? Unless a program has been developed since that will do the job.

This is getting silly so I'd like to condense this question: "CAN or CAN'T CCleaner or Recuva securerly delete the contents of the MFT file in a way that Recuva can never retrieve them, yes or no?

I can tell you from experience that CCLeaner's Wipe Free Space + MFT did not work for me. I tried that. "They will be back". I have the same exact problem with my jpg files refusing to be deleteted and Recuva finding them again. I'm still looking for a solution. If anyone comes up with another suggestion I would be happy to hear it

This is very frustrating and I'm hoping someone can help me. The "Secure Overwrite Highlighted" and "Secure Overwrite Checked" are lightly shadowed and not responsive for any of my jpg files. Those options seem to be inactive for all my jpg's. so I cannot delete them I've read that this could be related to them being in the mft file. Is there any other way using Recuva or any another program to get rid of them? I've tried Cccleaner and have cleaned all the free space with mft checked off but they're still there after a Recuva scan. I'm wondering if a defrag would do it. Any advice would be helpful. Thanks