"r0cket" <guest@unknown-email.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Has anyone else ever found some cryptically-named super super hidden
> directories/files within $RECYCLE.BIN? I discovered that even empty
> Recycling Bins contain deleted files. I was using 7-zip's File Browser
> instead of Explorer which doesn't ever show them. (yes, of course I have
> it set to show hidden, superhidden, and system files. I also gave myself
> full rights of $RECYCLE.BIN using the built-in Administrator account,
> just in case.) There's a bunch of deleted files I thought I deleted for
> good and some 0-byte files called fileassociations.log in various
> $RXXXXXX directories. When I try to delete these, Windows can't find
> them. Because I'm OCD, I just had to delete these for real real (I know
> they can still be recovered, but I don't want to see them if I'm not
> using forensic software. 7-zip is not.) so I took Vista offline, booted
> into a Linux CD and deleted from there.... it worked and now there gone
> but Vista now says "The Recycling Bin on C:\ is corrupted. Do you want
> to empty the Recycling Bin for this drive?" whenever I open the Bin or
> start Windows... I don't really care about fixing this (I have plenty of
> backup images) but I am curious.
You don't need forensic software to see those files. XYplorer File Manager
will shown them to you just like normal files because that's what they are
(Windows Explorer just hides them from you to get the Recycle Bin idea to
life -- but it's just a construct superimposed onto NTFS). You can also
preview those files in XYplorer without a problem. But I would not recommend
to delete them, because -- as you experienced -- it will corrupt the
Recycler (there's a special file called "INFO2" (in XP, not sure about
Vista) which is expected to be in synch with the items in the Recycler).
http://www.xyplorer.com/
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