Iced_Caffeine Posted August 14, 2023 Share Posted August 14, 2023 Hello, so long story short early last month I ran CCleaner and it deleted what was in my downloads folder. I wasn't aware at the time that CCleaner caused that, since I haven't ran it in a while and I didn't know that feature was added in. So I used Recuva to get the files back and what I noticed was even though the files were restored, they cannot be properly accessed. Meaning that the file size of each individual file is intact and the whole folder is quite large, but every file seems to be un-useable. I wonder what the reason is for this. I would love to be able to access and use all those files again, but I'm also more interested in understanding how a normal file deletion could make all those files un-useable. I don't run CCleaner that often and at the time I was not aware that one of the options on the check list before you run it allows you to delete what is in your downloads folder. So I definitely won't be doing that again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted August 14, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 14, 2023 The usual question ihn these cases is was the storage device an SSD. so I'll ask it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iced_Caffeine Posted August 15, 2023 Author Share Posted August 15, 2023 1 hour ago, Augeas said: The usual question ihn these cases is was the storage device an SSD. so I'll ask it. Yes, it's an SSD. I wonder if that's an issue. Does that explain the problem to you right away? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted August 15, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 15, 2023 Yes, recovery from an SSD is just about impossible, there's plenty of info on this forum as to why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted August 15, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 15, 2023 For example see: https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/65185-deleted-files-not-appearing/#comment-343652 *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iced_Caffeine Posted August 16, 2023 Author Share Posted August 16, 2023 It's interesting how "Normal file deletion" was checked and Recuva said the chances of recovery were "Excellent" and yet this issue still exists. But I should have been paying more attention to what I was doing. I read in another thread that someone learned a long time ago to use their Downloads folder as a temp folder and anything they cherish was moved to other places for safe keeping. Some great advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators nukecad Posted August 16, 2023 Moderators Share Posted August 16, 2023 Microsoft themselves often regard the Downloads folder as a temporary folder. (They did for a very short time have Disk Clean-up and Storage Sense empty it by default. That caused complaints of course). So it is only prudent for users to also regard it as temporary, and move any files that they want to keep long term elsewhere after downloading. *** Out of Beer Error ->->-> Recovering Memory *** Worried about 'Tracking Files'? Worried about why some files come back after cleaning? See this link:https://community.ccleaner.com/topic/52668-tracking-files/?tab=comments#comment-300043 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now