-=PCTechTalk=- Re: cleanup

I never would have thought that somebody would delete something without 
knowing what they were deleting, unless they plain didn't care.  But... that 
is why M$ invented the Recycle Bin.

If I were to delete duplicate files from my machine, without knowing what I 
was doing, I would follow these steps...

1.  Clean up all the trash that I KNOW about... temp files, cookies, etc.

2.  Wait 3 to 5 days without deleting anything more or emptying my recycle 
bin.

3.  After enough time that I was sure none of the known stuff was deleted in 
error I would then empty the recycle bin.

4. Because of Beverly's experience I would make sure I had a bootable disk 
and my OS install disk available just in case.

5.  With a clean, empty recycle bin I would then run my duplicate detector 
and delete whatever files I thought should be deleted.

6.  I would then wait a few days before I deleted anything else.


Steps 3 and 6 are to have a minimum number of files in the recycle bin to be 
sure it would be easy to find files that should not have been deleted.

Don



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: " milady" <kg6ocz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:59 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: cleanup


>I have seen that warning on several duplicate removal programs..kinda of
> scarry.  Leaves me with the impression that if you don't know what files 
> are
> being removed and what they are for then you shouldn't mess with it.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Beverly Hahn" <bhahn@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 3:14 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: cleanup
>
>
> I tried that once and wound up deleting something really important.  I
> couldn't even reboot from my start-up disk and had to take my computer
> to the shop.  When you have identical duplicate files, how do you know
> which one you may safely remove?
>
> Thanks,
> Beverly
>
> Don wrote:
>
>>.....
>>
>>If you think you have a bunch of duplicate files download a duplicate file
>>detector to search for and delete them.
>>
>>Don
>>
>
>
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