OH SNAP!

CCleaner for Windows
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Ok so. Somehow i must have accidently sent something to the recycling bin by accident.... like my girlfriends music folder...

yea.

oh s**t right?!!!

I happened to glance at the screen of what it was removing and i saw a bunch of song titles. I canceled it immediately I read the log and 980 Mbs of stuff got deleted and i know the Bin was Empty Prior to scanning.

My question is.

Can i see what CCleaner deleted from the recycling bin?

Or can i undo what CCleaner did?

I think i know the answers to both questions but i thought id ask it anyways.

Thanks.

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No, you can't undo what CC did, not using CC that is.

Assuming you have used CC to clear out the recycler (it isn't too clear from your post), then if you have chosen CC secure deletion with overwriting, nothing can be recovered. If you chose normal deletion then something might be salvagable.

If you can live with it, don't do anything on your pc at all, use another. Just leave it turned on. If not, do as little as you can.

Download Recuva onto another PC, use the portable version from the Other Builds page. Install this on a flash drive. Plug the flash drive into your pc. Scan for deleted items.

You might be able to sort the results into path order (recycler being the path). In any event, try to sort into an order that will assist in identifying the deleted files. If found, get restoring, to another flash drive. Occasionally copy off the restored stuff to somewhere safe.

XP and Vista handle deleted recycler items differently in how they are named. If you can't find the deleted files under their proper names then search for them as DCxx.ext, where xx is an ascending number, in XP: or $Rxxxx .ext, where xxx is random, in Vista. Or maybe report back here (using the second pc!). Good luck.

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no. i use secure deletion apparently.

thanks for your help.

Maybe she wont notice.

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1. If you used the Secure Delete then this won't work, so no point in trying.

2. Download and install Recuva onto the affected computer.

3. Run Recuva and see if you can find the files that were deleted.

4. Check the box next to the files and click recover.

5. They should come back up!

Yes my better translator worked this time!

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having said you deleted your files accidentally see the restore points created before that you may be lucky restoring your windows to previous state might bring your files back have a try.