I'm cleaning up my files and stuff, to make more room on my hard drive.
2006-06-22 05:11:38 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Yes, you will have to empty the recycle bin to remove it from the drive and free up disk space. Still, it is not completely gone. Someone can still recover it if they have the know how!
2006-06-22 05:14:21 · answer #1 · answered by eewill 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you move unwanted files to the recycle bin, they stay there until the bin is emptied. This way, you can go back and un-delete them if needed. Also, even when the files are deleted from the recycle bin, they are still on the hard drive (but very difficult to retrieve!), until something else is written to the actual sector on the hard drive where the files were.
2006-06-22 05:19:37 · answer #2 · answered by jimbob92065 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on how you look at it. When you move a file to recycle bin, the file is still there and can be recovered. When you empty the recycle bin, the pointers to the file(s) are removed, the space is made available to Windows for new information to be stored on but until something new is written in that space, the file will remain there, intact. Technically, yes, the file is still taking up space on your hard drive BUT, the space is available. If you were to look at your hard drive, the file would not be registered and the space would appear available but as I said, it is still there until new data is written over it.
2006-06-22 05:16:15 · answer #3 · answered by conradj213 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If you want to permanently delete the file from your hard disk and make more room, Right click on the recycle bin after you have deleted the items and select the option to empty your recycle bin. this will permanently delete it and free up space on your computer... Good Luck!
2006-06-22 05:17:15 · answer #4 · answered by AbraCadabRa13 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never had a file deleted from a flash drive go to the recycle bin. It's always deleted completely. I don't know why. With an external HDD files do end up in the recycle bin. On Linux however, file from a flash drive do go to the recycle bin, but for me, not on XP.
2016-05-20 11:23:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because recycle bin is compressing the stuff that you want to delete in case you make a mistake, thats why you have to empty it.
2006-06-22 05:14:43 · answer #6 · answered by maxng80 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know alot about computers internals, but to stsrt with my was set to send unwanted stuff to the recycle bin but, now it is set to just get rid of throw aways, they dont even go to the recycle bin at all.
2006-06-29 01:03:36 · answer #7 · answered by Gena *n* GA. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Recycle Bin does not empty itself nor does it compress it. and once you delete soemthing its gone...forever. actually i lied after your hard drive is 10% filled by the recycle bin it starts deleting your oldest stuff.
DELETING FILES
1. Right-Click on Recycle Bin
2. click on emty...
3. Clcik yes
tada
2006-06-22 09:55:41 · answer #8 · answered by georgeith 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it's in your recycle bin, it's still taking up space. You have to empty your recycle bin to free up that disk space.
2006-06-22 05:15:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it does
u have to EMPTY the recycle bin to delete it premanently from ur hard drive
2006-06-22 05:15:06 · answer #10 · answered by linkin_park_crc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋