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   Cornelis Tromp wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 21 Jan 2017 19:03:32 -0000 (UTC), you wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Cornelis Tromp wrote:   
   >>   
   >> > When I was fooling around with Disk Investigator, I found many   
   >> > lnk files for mp4 and other video files which no longer exist on   
   >> > my machine. How do I get rid of these lnk files?   
   >>   
   >> Navigate to the .lnk, select it, press Del.   
   >   
   > Too bad it ain't that simple. Windows does not have lnk files stored   
   > in regular directories. They are scattered loosely about on the non   
   > used spaces on the drive. They have remained even though the files   
   > associated with them have been deleted long ago.   
   >   
   > Yes, I did try a DOS search. Nothing.   
      
   Disk Investigator is probably showing you deleted files. A normal delete from   
   a FAT drive simply deletes the first letter of the filename, specifically so   
   you can recover accidentally-erased files. NTFS is a bit more complicated,   
   but in the end, the filename and contents still exist on the drive until   
   overwritten by something else.   
      
   Try using a utility to zero out the drive's free space, see if that makes   
   them go away. Google "secure free space wipe" or similar.   
      
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