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   Arend van der Berigheid to All   
   Re: Where are these 'usage' tracks' hidd   
   01 Mar 10 15:56:48   
   
   From: Arend_is_Berig@invalid.invalid   
      
   "Non scrivetemi"  schreef in   
   bericht news:abd9456ae4d38de1b5b5dc6d75b9ba8f@pboxmix.winstonsmith.info...   
   > On Sun, 28 Feb 2010 06:25:48 -0800, "relic"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >>"Non scrivetemi"  wrote in   
   > message   
   >>news:8a8ddebc4788ed49138c9d4abbd60240@pboxmix.winstonsmith.info...   
   >>> I use at least 5 different "eraser" programs in an  attempt to erase   
   >>> traces of my Web usage and other tracks.   
   >>>   
   >>> I also have a few programs which erase many index.dat files. My music   
   >>> flv files and other media are not saved to my C: drive.  They are   
   >>> downloaded and saved to other outboard USB drives. So, how come when I   
   >>> use Disk Investigator to search my C: drive for flv files, it finds   
   >>> tracks of all the flv files I have downloaded and stored on my outboard   
   >>> drives.  NONE of these flv files exist on the C: drive.  How come none   
   >>> of the eraser programs I'm using find these file tracks to erase?  Where   
   >>> in the bleep are these usage 'tracks' hiding?   
   >>>   
   >>> Here is an example of some of the usage tracks Disk Investigtor finds:   
   >>>   
   >>> 1,945:  That Old Feeling - Toyko.flv
>> [69,556,128]       >>> 1,946: ideos/Anita O'day & Krupa.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Anita       >>> [69,556,128]       >>> 1,947: ideos\Anita O'day & Krupa.flv>> [69,556,128]       >>> 1,948: y 1956 - Honeysuckle Rose.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Anita       >>> [69,556,129]       >>> 1,949: y 1956 - Honeysuckle Rose.flv>> [69,556,129]       >>> 1,950: ic Videos/Anita O'Day Sax.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Anita       >>> [69,556,130]       >>> 1,951: ic Videos\Anita O'Day Sax.flv>> [69,556,130]       >>> 1,952: y sings Honeysuckle Rose..flv">G:\My Music Videos\Anita       >>> [69,556,130]       >>> 1,953: y sings Honeysuckle Rose..flv>> [69,556,130]       >>> 1,954: 'Day, Stella By Starlight.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Anita       >>> [69,556,131]       >>> 1,955: 'Day, Stella By Starlight.flv>> [69,556,131]       >>> 1,956: pher Cross & Dudley Moore.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Arthu       >>> [69,556,132]       >>> 1,957: pher Cross & Dudley Moore.flv>> [69,556,132]       >>> 1,958: 1981) - Christopher Cross.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Arthu       >>> [69,556,132]       >>> 1,959: 1981) - Christopher Cross.flv>> [69,556,132]       >>> 1,960: ial Flowers - Bobby Darin.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Artif       >>> [69,556,133]       >>> 1,961: ial Flowers - Bobby Darin.flv>> [69,556,133]       >>> 1,962: Cook sings 'Errol Flynn'.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Barba       >>> [69,556,134]       >>> 1,963: Cook sings 'Errol Flynn'.flv>> [69,556,134]       >>> 1,964: The Begin Astaire-Powell.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Begin       >>> [69,556,134]       >>> 1,965: The Begin Astaire-Powell.flv>> [69,556,134]       >>> 1,966: The Begin Astaire-Powell.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Begin       >>> [69,556,135]       >>> 1,967: The Begin Astaire-Powell.flv>> [69,556,135]       >>> 1,968: lvia Vrethammar - L.O.V.E.flv">G:\My Music Videos\Bert       >>> [69,556,136]       >>> 1,969: lvia Vrethammar - L.O.V.E.flv>> [69,556,136]       >>>       >>> 3,829: MP4 [74,306,148]       >>> 3,830: ith Durham - My Happiness.MP4.lnk [74,306,150]       >>> 3,831: 'Day, Stella By Starlight.MP4.lnk [74,306,150]       >>> 3,832: 'Day, Stella By Starlight.MP4.lnk [74,306,151]       >>> 3,833: ITA O'Day- INDESTRUCTIBLE.MP4.lnk [74,306,152]       >>> 3,834: ith Durham - My Happiness.MP4.lnk [74,306,156]       >>> 3,835: Love Is In The Air (1978).MP4.lnk [74,306,157]       >>> 3,836: Strictly Ballroom - End.MP4.lnk [74,306,157]       >>> 3,837: Love Is In The Air (1978).MP4.lnk [74,306,158]       >>> 3,838: ermany) - john paul young.MP4.lnk [74,306,160]       >>> 3,839: ermany) - john paul young.MP4.lnk [74,306,160]       >>> 3,840: Strictly Ballroom - End.MP4.lnk [74,306,161]       >>>       >>       >>http://download.cnet.com/MRU-Blaster/3000-2094_4-10906847.html       >>       > Nope. Been using that program for a few years. It doesn't find these       > hidden usage tracks. But thanks for trying. I'm sure more than a few       > here did not know about MRU-Blaster before you mentioned it. They can       > add that to their arsenal. But until I solve this problem of mine, it       > seems ridiculous going through all the trouble of using a bunch of       > 'eraser' programs when they cannot find nor touch these download usage       > tracks of FLVs, MP4s, etc. :o(       >       >       Tried this?       http://www.acesoft.net/index.html              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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