Where so items go after being deleted off of you computer?

Question

How do you find it?
How do you get rid of it?

Answer 1

ok here is how it works.think of your pc as a book,with a TABLE OF CONTENTS.now when you delete a file,it is not physically deleted from your hard disk.only the table of contents is altered.it says "ok,page number so and so is deleted".your pc interprets this a blank page and WRITES OVER that page.but the file is physically still there,but because in the table of contents it says it's a blank page,your computer WILL WRITE TO THAT PAGE when you are,say,saving another file.ONLY THEN will your file be REALLY deleted from your hard drive.on modern operating systems,there is a folder called the recycle bin(windows) or thrash(mac),where all your "deleted" files go.basically it's just a temporary folder.so you can recover those files you deleted by mistake,although there is a warning window asking you if you really want to move those files to the bin.when you tell your operating system to "empty" the recycle bin,you are telling the operating system to PERMANENTLY DELETE the files,meaning write to those areas on the disk where those deleted files have been.but unless you do so,the files will still be there.your operating system will not write over those areas,until you empty the bin.i hope that helped.

Answer 2

When you delete a file in Windows it is moved to the Recycle Bin on your desktop. The recycle bin will hold up to a set amount of Megabytes. Then it will permanently delete the older files to make room for the newer deleted files. Once you empty your Recycle Bin, the files are still on you computer in a sense. Windows keeps track of the files in the recycle bin by marking(prefixing) them with a special character--the Greek leter Sigma, which is ∑. That way the OS knows this is marked for deletion(actually okayed for overwritting). Special programs can still read the deleted files until they are actually overwritten by a new file.

Answer 3

The Computer World knows only two words "on" and "off" 1 and 0. when you delete a file... they are composed of millions of these 'on' 'off' language... the 'on' 'off' state of each digit of its binary code will be reversed such as 1 to 0 or 0 to 1. They don't go away, they're just registered as free space where you can overrite another program. If you want to get rid of it try to format your drive.

Answer 4

Even after you deleted them from the bin, theyre still around, theyre listed as available space and will be overwritten, but the data can be retrieved. Only way to really get rid of the buggers is to format entire drive...(and even then the bastards survive...worse then roaches)

Answer 5

First to recycle bin, then if deleted from there they are so called formatted, but you really just copy over them. You can have a good IT guy remove and scan your hard drive, but what is the use? It would be expensive.

Answer 6

You could also click start, run, and enter regedit, and delete some useless/deleted items from there... Sometimes items are stored indefinitly in there ( system registry ), but use caution when editing this.

Answer 7

Deleted files are placed in your RECYCLE BIN in case you want ot retrieve them later. *IF* you want ot get rid of them period, go to your Recycle Bin and Delete them in there as well