Jaff Posted March 18, 2009 Share Posted March 18, 2009 Permanent erase filename entires from folders for deleted/unrecoverable files. Simple example: from over 56.000 files found on only one partition of my HDD, only maximum 20 can be recovered due to low disk of space (less than 10MB) data for others being overwritten already. What use makes to me non-recoverable filenames? Useless waste of space in folders. This may also be applied to Defraggler who forget to erase them since are no more recoverable due to moved data. Thank you in advance. Imi este indiferent ce cred ceilalti despre mine, caci oricum fiecare crede ce-i convine lui si nu ceea ce e real, doar ca mi-ar fi placut sa ma vada asa cum sint de fapt, nu asa cum poate le-ar placea lor sa creada. Ei au ales deja... ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ?M? ? ?I? ? ?D? ? ?I? ? ?? ?? ?M? ? ?A? ? ?N? ? ?I? ? ?A? ? ?C? ? ?S? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? site: http://midimaniacs.no-ip.org - HUB: dchub://midimaniacs.no-ip.org:3000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted March 18, 2009 Moderators Share Posted March 18, 2009 As far as I'm aware these file names - in whatever form - cannot be removed from the MFT. This is a function of how the file system (NTFS) works. Although they take up space, 1k each entry, it is not huge in real terms. Your 56,000 filenames will take up 56 mb of space. The file data these entries point to is available for use. If your partition has only 10 mb of free space then you have serious problems. Moving some files to a usb drive should free up enough space for you to archive data to cd/dvd. Or resize the partition if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaff Posted March 30, 2009 Author Share Posted March 30, 2009 Forget about space, but most annoying thing is that the files size/date/name who are remaining in the MFT. That data can't be at least overwritten? Imi este indiferent ce cred ceilalti despre mine, caci oricum fiecare crede ce-i convine lui si nu ceea ce e real, doar ca mi-ar fi placut sa ma vada asa cum sint de fapt, nu asa cum poate le-ar placea lor sa creada. Ei au ales deja... ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ?M? ? ?I? ? ?D? ? ?I? ? ?? ?? ?M? ? ?A? ? ?N? ? ?I? ? ?A? ? ?C? ? ?S? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? ?? ? ? ? ?? ??ч?ч?? site: http://midimaniacs.no-ip.org - HUB: dchub://midimaniacs.no-ip.org:3000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted March 31, 2009 Moderators Share Posted March 31, 2009 Not as far as I know. As Recuva doesn't do this then I expect it isn't easily done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e_xit Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 These file names can be removed from the MFT fairly easily. I use eraser from http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ Open my computer right click C:\ and choose erase unused space. In options choose directory entries and voila after a couple of minutes filenames are gone and replaced with random data names. See attached pic As far as I'm aware these file names - in whatever form - cannot be removed from the MFT. This is a function of how the file system (NTFS) works. Although they take up space, 1k each entry, it is not huge in real terms. Your 56,000 filenames will take up 56 mb of space. The file data these entries point to is available for use. If your partition has only 10 mb of free space then you have serious problems. Moving some files to a usb drive should free up enough space for you to archive data to cd/dvd. Or resize the partition if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted April 16, 2009 Moderators Share Posted April 16, 2009 I think that you're saying that the file names have been overwritten, not removed. This can be done very easily by allocating randomly named files until the entries in the MFT are overwritten - 'replaced' - and then deleting them. Or just wait until enough files have been created in the normal course of events to overwrite the old names. Or use Eraser. I don't know what CCleaner Wipe free Space does with these file names as nobody has posted the info, and I'm not going to use it to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yilta Posted January 9, 2010 Share Posted January 9, 2010 These file names can be removed from the MFT fairly easily.I use eraser from http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/ Open my computer right click C:\ and choose erase unused space. In options choose directory entries and voila after a couple of minutes filenames are gone and replaced with random data names. See attached pic I don't see the "directory entries" setting. Where is it? I have the latest current version of Eraser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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