researchguy Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I accidentally SHIFT-deleted the My Music folder, but Recuva found only one deleted file. There musta been a few hundred files there. [Competition Payware] found the folder, but wants me to pay, to recover more than a quarter of a megabyte. [Competition Payware] offers the option of installing to an external drive. Recuva doesn't. Is it possible I just overwrote even more of the deleted files permanently by installing this program? What is the selection algorithm in Windows 7 for using free space when it needs to write something? Does it start overwriting the sectors where with the most recently deleted file was located, the least recently deleted file, or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
researchguy Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 OK, so I had a setting set to Music files only, and some of the files were really videos. But a quick scan for ALL deleted files still didn't find that folder. I'm trying a Deep Scan now, but that really shouldn't be required since, again, R-Undelete found the folder right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
researchguy Posted March 20, 2016 Author Share Posted March 20, 2016 Never mind. My computer was just acting weird. Maybe others would like to know the answer to some of my general questions above, but I found the files that I thought I had inadvertently deleted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Nergal Posted March 20, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2016 [Competition Payware] offers the option of installing to an external drive. Recuva doesn't. Is it possible I just overwrote even more of the deleted files permanently by installing this program? You can install recuva on any drive by, during the install process, changing the location (I don't remember, but you may have to press advanced in order to do so). You can also run the fully portable (leaves 0 traces on the hard drive it isn't on) version found http://www.piriform.com/recuva/builds (Please note I edited out the name of the competition software from your post) [Edit] removed rest of post 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Augeas Posted March 20, 2016 Moderators Share Posted March 20, 2016 'What is the selection algorithm in Windows 7 for using free space when it needs to write something?' If you ever find out, let us know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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