Let's pretend I just deleted 80 video clips from my computer (total file size: 145 MB). 600 hundred pictures (total size: 180 MB). And 855 songs (total size: 4.7 GB). The total items deleted in the recycling bin is: 1,435 items. My question is: One's I delete something that large from my computer, where does it go? ¿Have you ever ask yourself that question? Where does everything you delete from your computer goes? I mean, if you place garbage in your home bin, or office bin, you throw it out, and your local sanitation comes and pick it up, to be thrown away or recycle . ¿But, how about Windows Operation System? What it does with it? ¿Where it ends up? Does anyone knows?
2006-12-14 10:08:03 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
It doesn't go anywhere, it's still on the hard drive. When you delete something all that happens is that the operating system removes all pointers to it and marks the space that it occupied as no longer being write-protected. The only way to truly delete something is to overwrite it with something else.
2006-12-14 10:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a article at the link below explaining your question.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/question578.htm
2006-12-14 10:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by rlh242424 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋