Can you identify these files found in "recovered files" folders?

Somehow my trash suddenly became full of stuff- I hope it was mainmenu clearing out stuff but I'm not sure. Before I dump them I just want to check. Can anyone tell me what these are/mean and do I need to keep them? They were all in folders called "recovered files". For now I've taken them out of the trash and put them on the desktop. Thanks.

dftmpAAMEPGHMmkkkkkkk-------- (lots of these or similar)
MerpAD Clip Gallery
mso005A6C7A (lots of these or similar)
Word Work File D_1064893681.doc (a few of these or similar)
Word Work File S_.tmp
Word Work File S_1 (a few of these or similar)
plugin-LocalizationService.ashx (lots of these or similar)
plugtmp (it's a folder)

Your OS is _____
Hard drive partitioned?
Running Windows also?
Who's your astrologer?

Mac Specs: iMac 2.0 GHz 1GB RAM OSX 10.5.8. Hard drive isn't partitioned - I'm not running windows - office for mac 2008. Astrology, shmology.

It's reasonably safe to assume that anything with tmp in it is expendable. Word work files are like 'a work in progress', and are redundant. What that gallery is I've no idea. If your Mac is operating normally with those files in the Trash, ie. before you pulled them out of there, then it's also safe to conclude that they can be deleted. Leave them in the Trash for a day or three, if no problems, nuke them!

I agree with the above post.

bobolu said:

Mac Specs: iMac 2.0 GHz 1GB RAM OSX 10.5.8. Hard drive isn't partitioned - I'm not running windows - office for mac 2008. Astrology, shmology.

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Thanks. I need a new optometrist!

Thanks for your help toMACsh and hughvane - will do.