where does the trash go when you empty your trash folder ??

Question

i was just wondering about that.. what happens when you empty out the 'trash' folder .. where does it go ?

Answer 1

The file stays on the harddrive in code, when you think you delete a file, the reference header to the file is what get's deleted, and until you delete other files, that, will eventually overwrite the file in question...So say if I delete a picture today, and I empty the trash, it may take days or weeks depending on how much more files and apps and data I delete to completely overwrite the picture,,, good luck

Answer 2

i'm particularly particular Yahoo mail empties out your trash folder about once a week immediately. That way, the deleted documents do not take in too a lot room in that folder. in reality, they could be deleted each and every time via Yahoo, yet i imagine it truly is a week. There might want to be a placing to reveal off the computerized trash folder emptying. wish this facilitates.

Answer 3

As I understand it, the first byte of each file is changed to a null character, which means the computer will no longer recognize it as a file and consider the space it takes up to be empty. When a new file is created, the old deleted file will be overwritten.

Answer 4

Nowhere, the sectors on the hard drive are marked as available and when new data is written to disc the space is reused.

That's why you have to empty the trash bin so your mom doesn't find you old porno pics!

Answer 5

All your data goes to the land where data are Eternally Blessed. But in reality, a big scrubber on your hard disk rubs them of the track of the disk and marks them to be overwritten, thereby ensuring the data has been lost.

Answer 6

It goes to Bill Gates big ole pc, where he sorts through it and sells the good stuff to the highest bidder. That's where all the spam comes from......

Answer 7

It stays on you computer in hidden compressed files

Answer 8

oh, it just gets overwritten bu a bunch of jibberish...