Solved missing mpeg11 files

[keviny6]

i deleted a lot of mpeg11 video files by select all method which failed to go to recycle bin,now they still take up disc C space and am unable to find them. Have searched for mpeg11 files nothing comes up.
tried system restore --no change

 

[keviny6]

used search everywhere but no mpeg11 files were shown

 

[mitchell65]

Hi Keviny6 and welcome to the Forum.
First off what message did you get when you deleted the files? Can you remember if it said anything about the files were too big to go to the Recycle Bin, did you want to permanently delete them?
What file extension did the files have? If you say the files are gone but they still take up space on the hard drive, how do you know this if you can't see the files? Are the folders they were in still there?

 

[keviny6]

mpeg11 files

Hi Keviny6 and welcome to the Forum.
First off what message did you get when you deleted the files? Can you remember if it said anything about the files were too big to go to the Recycle Bin, did you want to permanently delete them?
What file extension did the files have? If you say the files are gone but they still take up space on the hard drive, how do you know this if you can't see the files? Are the folders they were in still there?

it was a lot of videos --yes wanted to delete them --- from organise i clicked select all and deleted them --should have gained a about 80 gigs on drive C when deleted but nothing changed am dowwn to 62 gig from 182---the folders are still there

 

[mitchell65]

Have you re-booted your PC since you deleted them?

 

[keviny6]

Have you re-booted your PC since you deleted them?

yes have been away so its been a month

 

[mitchell65]

Hi Kevin
You need to read my posts a little more. I asked in post #3 "First off what message did you get when you deleted the files? Can you remember if it said anything about the files were too big to go to the Recycle Bin" Can you please reply to this. In the same post I asked "What file extension did the files have?"
New Questions:
What size is your C drive? How many files did you delete and what was the average size of them? How did you calculate that you should have saved 80GB of space? 80GB of space could mean about 28 full size movies. Are you sure it was that many and did you try to delete them all in one go?
Have you emptied your Recycle Bin?

 

[Britton30]

File extension is the part after the dot in a files name, ex: filename.exe, exe is the extension.
I did a search for mpeg11 and nothing came up.

 

[mitchell65]

File extension is the part after the dot in a files name, ex: filename.exe, exe is the extension.
I did a search for mpeg11 and nothing came up.

I think the file extension will likely be .mpg4

 

[keviny6]

Hi Kevin
You need to read my posts a little more. I asked in post #3 "First off what message did you get when you deleted the files? Can you remember if it said anything about the files were too big to go to the Recycle Bin" Can you please reply to this. In the same post I asked "What file extension did the files have?"
New Questions:
What size is your C drive? How many files did you delete and what was the average size of them? How did you calculate that you should have saved 80GB of space? 80GB of space could mean about 28 full size movies. Are you sure it was that many and did you try to delete them all in one go?
Have you emptied your Recycle Bin?

282 gig --yes would have been that many movies- yes were deleted in one go -they never went to recycle bin --just disapeared.

mystery -- last night an mpeg file went missing after i pressed de;ete never got to recycle bin my gigs were down to 58 from 182-- this morning i done a search-- in hidden file -changed folder options--search---- always show file name and contents---then done a system restore to find the one from last night ---lo and behold after starting i now have 189 gig back on hard drive

 

[mitchell65]

So I assume from your post that your problem is now resolved. Just so others who have the same or similar problems in the future it would help if we knew where all these movies came from in the first place?

 

[keviny6]

So I assume from your post that your problem is now resolved. Just so others who have the same or similar problems in the future it would help if we knew where all these movies came from in the first place?

they all came from u tube converted from mp 4 to mpeg11 with cuda---i had done numerous restore system before todays and as i said before the only thing i changed today was in the hidden file folder---under search ---where i ticked--always search file name and contents-- then i done another system restore --- and problem was solved

 

[Britton30]

Do you have any info on mpeg11 files?

 

[mitchell65]

So I assume from your post that your problem is now resolved. Just so others who have the same or similar problems in the future it would help if we knew where all these movies came from in the first place?

they all came from u tube converted from mp 4 to mpeg11 with cuda---i had done numerous restore system before todays and as i said before the only thing i changed today was in the hidden file folder---under search ---where i ticked--always search file name and contents-- then i done another system restore --- and problem was solved

Kevin
Can you elaborate a bit here please? What is cuda---? and why did you convert to mpeg11?
Can you provide a link to just one of the movies that you downloaded please? We are bemused by this one a bit!

 

[Britton30]

I know of only two Cudas, and....

 

[keviny6]

So I assume from your post that your problem is now resolved. Just so others who have the same or similar problems in the future it would help if we knew where all these movies came from in the first place?

they all came from u tube converted from mp 4 to mpeg11 with cuda---i had done numerous restore system before todays and as i said before the only thing i changed today was in the hidden file folder---under search ---where i ticked--always search file name and contents-- then i done another system restore --- and problem was solved

Kevin
Can you elaborate a bit here please? What is cuda---? and why did you convert to mpeg11?
Can you provide a link to just one of the movies that you downloaded please? We are bemused by this one a bit!

cuda is an free video converter ans is fast compared to others--- files are converted to mpeg11 for use on my tv dvd player as will only play mpeg --have stored them on both laptop and external drive for use when travelling when no tv available---download movies from utube by clicking on screen and copy valid usb at the moment --add files to ilivid my free downloader---come down as mp4 --convert using cuda ,
after all this i now have 201 gig from 282 certainly problem solved

 

[mitchell65]

files are converted to mpeg11 for use on my tv dvd player as will only play mpeg

But a file with the MP4 file extension is an MPEG-4 Video file. Will that not play in the TV DVD player as, if the DVD player is old then, as an mpeg11 is a fairly recent development I would have thought that if mpeg11 plays then an mp4 should play!? So do you burn the mpeg11 files to a DVD disc to play in the TV DVD player?

 

[keviny6]

files are converted to mpeg11 for use on my tv dvd player as will only play mpeg

But a file with the MP4 file extension is an MPEG-4 Video file. Will that not play in the TV DVD player as, if the DVD player is old then, as an mpeg11 is a fairly recent development I would have thought that if mpeg11 plays then an mp4 should play!? So do you burn the mpeg11 files to a DVD disc to play in the TV DVD player?

mpeg 4 will not play on my nearly new tv with dvd capability only mpeg11 though it will play on my pc. b Transfer them all to extenal usb drive for use when away-----i dont burn any dvds at all

At home i plug in extrnal usb h/d to

 

[keviny6]

files are converted to mpeg11 for use on my tv dvd player as will only play mpeg

But a file with the MP4 file extension is an MPEG-4 Video file. Will that not play in the TV DVD player as, if the DVD player is old then, as an mpeg11 is a fairly recent development I would have thought that if mpeg11 plays then an mp4 should play!? So do you burn the mpeg11 files to a DVD disc to play in the TV DVD player?

mp 4 files will not play on my tv sets using a video player or usb both sets are under 12 months old.
no need to burn them to dvds