How to view number of files deleted from a drive?


  1. green elephant
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    How to view number of files deleted from a drive?


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  3. LMiller7
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    You can't.
    Hard drives themselves know nothing of files. It is possible to enable auditing of file deletion in the OS but this is NOT enabled by default. In any event you have to be very selective or logs will consume a great deal of disk space or they won't last long. Not really what you want.
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