2007-03-07 09:56:31 · 6 answers · asked by Ashley 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
When you empty your Recycle Bin, the files aren't really deleted, and in fact could still be recovered by somebody with the right software. When you click "Empty", your computer marks the file space that the files you're deleting currently occupies as empty. For example, say you were deleting a file called "My Taxes", and it took up 2 MB of hard drive space. When you deleted it out of the Recycle Bin, it wouldn't be gone. But comptuer would tell your hard drive that it had 2 MB more space than it did before, so it could be written over in the future - that same day, a week later, or maybe never.
To truly delete a file, you need a 3rd party program, such as CCleaner or Spybot Search and Destroy. These programs delete the file out of your Recycle Bin, and have another setting that will actually write over these files with meaningless data. This means that they could never be recovered. I myself use CCleaner, and have been very pleased with the results. I couldn't recover the information with any software available.
2007-03-07 10:05:55 · answer #1 · answered by Evan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your operating system marks it as deleted and eventually it is overwritten by other data. Your OS keeps track of it while it's in the recycle bin. After you empty that, the OS doesn't care anymore. The file becomes prefixed with the Greek Sigma character (â) and remains on your drive until another file needs the disk space that it occupies, so it overwrites it. That's how some data can be extracted from your drive even after it has been deleted. There are applications that can retrieve those file names with the â in them.
2007-03-07 17:59:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It goes to the recycle bin of the recycle bin.... hehe jk yeah, like they said it's still somewhere in your hardrive, that's if it hasn't been overwritten already. There are some software programs that allow you to search for it and retrieve it. But for the way you asked I doubt you have any hope of getting it back. Go to a pro if you're willing to pay hundreds.
2007-03-07 18:09:02 · answer #3 · answered by piri82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No where. It's still there on the harddrive. the computer places a tag in front of the erased data telling it that it can now write over that space.
2007-03-07 18:00:19 · answer #4 · answered by phxfet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
B.F.egypt special del. some programs if orig are still on h.drive restore folder
2007-03-07 18:01:10 · answer #5 · answered by havenjohnny 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all goes for delition and gone!
2007-03-07 18:00:54 · answer #6 · answered by mario20055 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋