2007-02-17 05:02:49 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
It goes nowhere. When you delete a file it isn't actually removed from the hard drive, Windows just 'forgets' where on the hard drive the file lives, so it can't see the file. The file data will sit there untouched until you save another file which happens to overwrite the physical location on the disk that the old file occupies, then it's finally gone. Exactly when the old file will be over written is impossible to predict as it's a pretty random process. The fact that file still physically exists on the disk until it's over written is the reason why certain bits of software can still find old files that you'd deleted.
2007-02-17 05:14:00 · answer #1 · answered by Bamba 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cyber waste- It's gone.
2007-02-17 05:11:31 · answer #2 · answered by elliebear 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Into the cyber-sewer.
2007-02-17 05:06:58 · answer #3 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is removed via a magnet i think
2007-02-17 05:07:47 · answer #4 · answered by Jimmy H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋