URGENT HELP REQUIRED!

[smogover]

Hello,

 

Earlier today I used CCLeaner in an attempt to clear out my laptop prior to doing a serious virus scan, & before I realised it, a years worth of holiday pictures were deleted from my "My Pictures" folder. Where does CCleaner store the files it deletes?

 

Any help will be appreciated immensely! I think I am going to be sick....

[TheFiresInTheSky]

sorry, but it does not store them anywhere.

they are permanently deleted.

theres a chance that a program could bring some of those back but, who knows?

heres a program which may or may not be able to do it, dont get your hopes up.

im really doubting that Ccleaner did this unless you stored them in a temp file or added a custom file.

good luck

REST2514.zip

REST2514.zip

[rridgely]

CCleaner would not have cleaned that folder unless you added it as a custom file.(or maybe if you added the my docs folder?)

 

Besides restoration there are a couple other freeware programs to help you get your stuff back(ones I have used):

http://www.free-av.com/(click unerase on the side)

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pcinspector.html

 

And here is a list of ones that cost money:

http://www.snapfiles.com/Shareware/system/...tarecovery.html

 

And list of free ones(some I haven't tried):

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwdatarecovery.html

[Eldmannen]

CCleaner does not delete the "My Picture" folder, it clears the temporary folder, specified in the %TEMP% environment variable.

 

Deleted files are just that, deleted.

 

Years lost of holiday pictures really sucks, those are cherished memories.

I sincerely hope you are able to recover them and get them back.

In the future, keep in mind to have backups of important files.