Deleting deleted files.

[AspirinE]

Ok so i wanted to ask if theres a prog that can help me get rid of stored junk that has already been deleted but still exists somwere on my drive.


i ran a scan and i have more then 20000 of those files..


anyone can lend me a helping hand here?

[C-Game]

Norton Recovery
it shows all files on ur HD
and u can clean em all up

its part of the Norton Package

i cld hv be more precise if i had the CD with me
but that does the trick

[BaZZ]

CCleaner helps i think.. its freeware too

[trapd00r]

Ok so i wanted to ask if theres a prog that can help me get rid of stored junk that has already been deleted but still exists somwere on my drive.


i ran a scan and i have more then 20000 of those files..


anyone can lend me a helping hand here?

When you've deleted something, for example a file called ASP.txt with a size of 5kb, the file is still on the drive, the only thing that disapears is the register over where the file itself is..
That file wont be gone unless it's overwritten with something else, and that can take a while.
What I'm tryin' to say is that those files that you wants to delete forever really doesn't take any diskspace.

Sorry for my crappy english, hope you understood something^

[trapd00r]

Ok so i wanted to ask if theres a prog that can help me get rid of stored junk that has already been deleted but still exists somwere on my drive.


i ran a scan and i have more then 20000 of those files..


anyone can lend me a helping hand here?

When you've deleted something, for example a file called ASP.txt with a size of 5kb, the file is still on the drive, the only thing that disapears is the register over where the file itself is..
That file wont be gone unless it's overwritten with something else, and that can take a while.
What I'm tryin' to say is that those files that you wants to delete forever really doesn't take any diskspace.

Sorry for my crappy english, hope you understood something^

Yeah, so il just explain to asp what to do-


if you have somthing that must be deleted, and you dont mind formating, heres what you do, format your computer, then install windows as many times as it takes to fill your drive up (could take like 5 hours, took me 7), then format again, and all that memory is lost forever, cause what you did is cover it up with windows memory instead of your own files...

NOPE, that's NOT true!
Windows will just fill exactly the same memory every time you installs it.
(if you doesn't change install dir every single time, but if so, you'll end up with 20-30 WinXP installations to boot from when restarting.=
The very best thing to do is either a low-stage-formatting, or use some program that writes constantly to the disk with just crap, take a look at this for example:
http://www.download.com/Active-Kill-Dis ... ag=lst-0-7

[herecomesme1990]

here is a gr8 program i hav used b4.. its called System Machenic Pro 6.0... it has smth called Drive Scrubber.. which wipes out ur hard drive by writing over ur files to make them not retirvable.... go to this website to get the program http://www.9down.com

[trapd00r]

here is a gr8 program i hav used b4.. its called System Machenic Pro 6.0... it has smth called Drive Scrubber.. which wipes out ur hard drive by writing over ur files to make them not retirvable.... go to this website to get the program http://www.9down.com

.. but that doesn't work either, at least not as it is supposed to, cause you have to got your OS (windows) running when running that app, and it can't "wipe" files windows are using (the system partition).

[AspirinE]

the way i understood it from computer class, these files are on the hard disk till they are rewritten... do any of u guys even know if its advisable to clean them?

[trapd00r]

the way i understood it from computer class, these files are on the hard disk till they are rewritten... do any of u guys even know if its advisable to clean them?

.. only if you'll have private files on your hdd and for example are planning to give away your computer to someone.