I used Recuva to recover some lost files from an external hard drive. After about 3 hours the recovered files were shown. Recuva asked me where to put the files, so I selected all of them and chose to put them on my desktop. I assumed the folder structure would be saved, but it was not.
Instantly my desktops were filled with files, and I panicked and hit cancel. My computer slowed way down, and the start bar kept disappearing. I was finally able to delete the 2 monitors desktop full of files. My computer continued to act slow, so I uninstalled Recuva. I tried to reboot but it said something wouldn't close. I forced shutdown, and when it rebooted, another 2 screens full of files appeared on my desktop. I tried to shut down again and the same process wouldn't let me. I repeated the process 5 times, and finally the files did not fill my entire desktop. So I deleted them and my computer started to act normal. I rebooted and this time no process stopped me from rebooting.
I'm curious what happened, and if I should be worried about any problems with my computer, Should I reformat to be safe?
Sorry if my explanation was not very good!