alanwatt1

When i did my first scan "WFS" was selected ON, so i guess i can not recover the files im looking for I have now unselected "WFS" in case i need to recover a file next time. Thank you very much for all your help

"Wipe MFT free space" is clicked ON in "Settings" not "Advanced" , what does this do? should i turn this off? if so why? I have my CCleaner set to "Normal file deletion" so does that mean i can recover these files before Windows overwrites them? How long does it usually take for Windows to overwrite "deleted" files? Thank you very much for your help, it is greatly appreciated. I will contact Recuva for more details

Thanks for your help and i am using the Recuva program "ident" suggested. When i search the file (and i indicate where to look) it says it can not find it I am using "normal file deletion" and the "Wipe MFT free space" is clicked on and only the C:/ selected, what does that do? Is the "normal file deletion" easier the recover than "secure file deletion"? I will contact Recuva and see if they can help me.

The default setting is set to "normal file deletion" what setting should it be to recover my files? What is the difference between the 2 settings?

Thanks for you help and i tried what you suggested but it did not find my lost files

I have run the ccleaner and it erased my msn chat history, is it possible to restore these chats?