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Empty Recycle Bin Deleted My External Backup Drive


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It appears that Ccleaner moved over 30 thousand files from my external USB drive (T:) to the Recycle Bin. I stopped it before it finished. To test Ccleaner I right clicked on Empty Recycle Bin and then clicked Analyze. Sure enough it's going through all of my files on my T: drive. I've been using Ccleaner for many years. This started after I installed version 4.

 

PC, Windows 8 Pro

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ccleaner by default doesn't touch external drives, and never ever moves to the recycle bin

 

ADVICE FOR USING CCleaner'S REGISTRY INTEGRITY SECTION

DON'T JUST CLEAN EVERYTHING THAT'S CHECKED OFF.

Do your Registry Cleaning in small bits (at the very least Check-mark by Check-mark)

ALWAYS BACKUP THE ENTRY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL BREAK IF YOU DON'T.

Support at https://support.ccleaner.com/s/?language=en_US

Pro users file a PRIORITY SUPPORT via email support@ccleaner.com

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