where do the files in the recycle bin go once it is emptied? Can such files be retrieved? If yes, how?

Answer 1

nope, they're gone forever...they just go in the air i guess lol

Answer 2

Yes, the files can be retreive. Files deleted from the recycle bin are not permanently deleted. Instead, the space on the hard drive where the file(s) is saved is marked as "available" for use. The only way to permanently delete a file is to save something over the original file. You can think of it like a VHS tape. To permanently remove a saved movie, you have to record over it. It is actually relatively easy to recover a deleted file. If you should accidentally delete a file, don't create any new files. Use a file recovery program like the free Recuva (http://www.recuva.com/) or the free Restoration (http://www3.telus.net/mikebike/RESTORATION.html). Run the program and it will display all the files which were deleted from the recycle bin and can still be restored. Sometimes the program can not restore the entire file but can restore a big chunck of it.

You would be surprise at how many times child porngrapher, bootleggers and other malicious people were shocked when the police forsenic labs were able to reconstruct files they thought they permanently deleted.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I know for sure that when you empty a Mac's trash, the file is still there, but the way to access it is gone. I would assume that the same concept applies to PCs.

Files can be retrieved by using file recover programs. Unfortunately, I don't know any other way to recover a deleted file.

Answer 5

When the recycle bin is emptied, the files in it are permanently deleted and can't be retrieved.

Answer 6

Yes, use Handy Recovery to recover them.

Those files go into the hidden and cursed paths of your partition' s filesystem