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Recycle Bin does not display files deleted from NTFS drives
Here is my situation:
My system is a Dell XPS 8300 running Windows 7 Home Premium.
I need help in getting the recycle bin to show deleted files. Of course, deleted files that are not visible cannot be restored.
But the deleted files ARE in the recycle bin.
How do I know?
1. Clicking on "Empty the recycle bin" identifies the right number of deleted files in the Recycle bin the including invisible ones, though clicking the "Restore All items" button restores only visible files.
2. The CCleaner utility (from Piriform.com) sees them. When I press the ‘Analyze’ button with the ‘Empty recycle bin’ set, I can see all the erased files, but cannot restore them from there, since CCleaner is designed to remove junk files, not to restore them
More details:
1. When I delete a file from external drive J:, it IS visible in the recycle bin. J: is a FAT drive. (Previously it was connected to an XP system )
2. Files deleted from Local drive C: and external drive L: are NOT visible in the recycle bin. C: and L: are formatted as NTFS
3. Disconnect the L: external drive and the files deleted from C: reappear in the recycle bin. Reconnect the L: drive and they disappear again.
In short:
- L: deleted files NEVER show in the recycle bin,
- J: deleted files ALWAYS appear in the recycle bin,
- C: deleted files appear in the recycle bin if L: is disconnected, and disappear if L: is connected.
4. Both J: and L: are external drives connected to USB ports of the system. However, both are identified as Local Drives rather than as Removable Drives.
What I tried:
1. From the command line (as administrator) I ran “rd /s /q/ [drive name:]\$recycle.bin” for drives C: and L: (and J: too) and still no fix. The idea was that the recycle bin folders were corrupted and would be regenerated uncorrupted.
2. I ran Microsoft Security Essentials and Malwarebyte -Anti Malware in addition to McAfee which came with my system. None of these is detecting any malware on my system.
Any help would be appreciated.
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