my recycle bin where do they go and is there a way to permanently remove them from my computer
2006-12-18 06:40:31 · 10 answers · asked by star ray 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
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2006-12-18 06:52:38 · answer #1 · answered by jamand 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you delete a file all you are doing is telling the computer it is safe to use this area for new files and only the header information is deleted. The file is still there until the area has been written to by a new file. There is software available that will permanently delete information by just writing 0's over the area of the original file. If you have sensitive information on your computer I would recommend a encryption programme to password protect your documents, try http://www.pgp.com/ for the best there is.
2006-12-18 07:07:46 · answer #2 · answered by Startrekforever 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After you empty the recycle bin the files are still on the disk, and are ready to be deleted if you are adding more data, installing new programs. You can reformat your whole drive, but you can't just delete one file from the disk after your recycle been has been deleted. Unless you have some secret CIA document you don't want gov't to find - I wouldn't worry about it :).
2006-12-18 06:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by Fez 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when you delete a file it just takes off the first letter of the file so the file is not gone even after you empty the recycle bin the best way to to get rid of a file is to shred it the gov does a 7 pass to make sure
2006-12-18 06:53:36 · answer #4 · answered by zippo091 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, several people in here put up the best ideas already--so I'm just commenting to get a few points.
7 pass rewriting to sectors is damn good--but that takes a while. a 3 pass will be good enough--if you really need more than that--then you're already in deep water hahahahah.!!!
2006-12-18 06:59:48 · answer #5 · answered by Lauryn Fletch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a privacy eraser prog it deletes them permanently, windows doesn't
They must be a bit naughty then LOL
2006-12-18 06:46:10 · answer #6 · answered by john b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They don't go anywhere... they are only marked as deleted...
In order to get rid of them completely you need to repeatedly write over that exact sector of the hard disk !
VJ
2006-12-18 06:43:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i use a program Clean Disk Security which you can rewrite up to 35 times
http://www.diskcleaners.com/clndisk.html
its a great and very fast program and so simple to use
2006-12-18 07:10:29 · answer #8 · answered by madhairyscotsman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they will still be on your hard drive do a search on yahoo for dban but this program will overwrite your hard drive and you will have to put windows and all your other stuff back on
2006-12-18 12:04:00 · answer #9 · answered by stargate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SHIFT+ DELETE
THAT'S IT..........
Beware its dangerous only files that r checked should done this way.
2006-12-18 06:48:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋