After a item is deleted from recicle bin it's over right? Doesn't exist at all and no way to retrieve it?
2007-05-17 21:39:33 · 12 answers · asked by strawzzberry 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I'm worried that I might have like 2000 unwanted files.
2007-05-17 21:43:52 · update #1
Nope, it's still there! But not to worry, as sooner or later it'll be written over,(and over, and over).But the pro's can recover it for sum ducketts if you really want the info back. Once the information is deleted though it's not taking up your harddrive space. This is why if you get rid of your computer the harddrive should be melted down, as smashing it still doesn't do it, not even burning in most cases, your personal info is still there! Some of the new programs that use a 'blowfish' algorythm,(where it writes 100's of times over it), work pretty good, but who knows!
2007-05-17 22:03:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To you the file is gone. But the data from that file still takes up space on your hard drive. The data is written in binary on the hard drive the only way to completely remove the data is to write zeros (there are programs to do this) over that portion of your hard disk drive.
If your computer was ever stolen and zeros were not written over the data, the thieves could retrieve that data, if they had the software to do so.
So my answer is yes and no.
2007-05-18 04:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by comptech76 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
actually, this is wrong. when you "delete" a file from your computer, its not actually removed from the system, rather, the system is told that this data can be overwritten with new data...after deleting a file, its possible, with some software, to recover it, and other things that have been deleted...the only way a file cannot be recovered after deletion is if it has been overwritten...there are programs out there that can write "garbage data" to your hard drive that will permanently destroy a deleted file you may want to get rid of for good. hope this helps :)
2007-05-18 04:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by hentai_dude5 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Even if u use some hi-tech recovery application only a small portion of data can be recover...
I think that not help at all unless u a computer freak like NEO.
:P
2007-05-18 04:45:54 · answer #4 · answered by mD z 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nah,
Only the storage location used by it is marked as 'free' to be allocated to some other resourse and in windows environment explorer.exe can't show it .You have to use
recovery s/w's to get info back (if it still resides on hard disc).
2007-05-18 05:08:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anand 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, don't worry. It's not eating up your space anymore. You can consider that file gone. No one will retrieve it unless they're a techy, lol.
2007-05-18 04:51:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope, you can use a program to get it back.
Programs like recover my files, recover pro, etc.
2007-05-18 04:42:39 · answer #7 · answered by lovs2build 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes its gone where good files go never to haunt you again~~
2007-05-18 04:48:11 · answer #8 · answered by burning brightly 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
u can recover it from shredder
2007-05-18 04:47:56 · answer #9 · answered by Leo H 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right... gone for ever... no way to get it back... :)
2007-05-18 04:46:56 · answer #10 · answered by Ronney 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋