Those sound like scandisk folders. Sometimes when scandisk finds a crosslinked file or other problems when it runs, it places them into found.001 and then sequentially numbers them. I have never had a problem when deleting them, but some of the recovered file fragments could contain pieces of a document that you need. You can open up the files in notepad before you delete them to see.
With over 25 years messing with computers, I found the quickest way to mess one up is to start deleting things. Think of the files and programs as a big spider web all tied together with thin threads, and if you cut one, some of whats left won't work.
[1] Always keep your system backed up.
[2] Always keep your "System Restore" restore points up to date
or "GoBack" whichever system your using, I prefer Goback because everything is keep up automatically.
Read some of these "Posts" and determine how many were caused by deletions. If you want to clean up your hardrive would
suggest you use "HD Valet" which is free, and very safe to use.
Another program that I use that I would highly recommend is
"Cleansweep", its not free. Have a good day.
FWIW- Everybody has his/her own tricks. I have a folder named "HoldPendingDelete" on a non-system partition. Everything I am not sure of gets moved to this folder rather than deleted. Periodically, if I not having any troubles, I actually do delete whatever is in this folder. As Dr Dave has suggested it's generally not a good idea to simply whack something you do not recognize or understand.
Also, in this particular case as Brooks noted, the files you described are probably scraps and can safely be deleted.
I actually learned a lot about computers when I was first starting out by deleting random things and observing the effect. When they go to the recycle bin they're still on the system but compressed, and therefore not useable. If removing the files causes major problems you can always just hit restore - providing you can still boot into windows
Stopping random processes is also fun. That's how I realized explorer was a crucial part of windows
System Mehcanic, by Iolo technologies, is better than norton, mcafee, or anything I have tried at cleaning up your system and deleting stuff that needs to be deleted, and not touching stuff that doesnt... Best of all, everything it does is completely reversable... check it out
System Mechanic is $59.95, thats it, with download method. If you want it on CD, its $10, shipping.... but just download it and burn it if you have a cdrw. There is no "handling" fee.
Angryclip, go to www.iolo.com and get sys mechanic for 59.95, nothing more, for the download, it's a great app which I use and highly recommend...
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