When i empty the recycle bin in my computer where do all the contents go?

Answer 1

The computer recategorizes the space the files take up as available for new files. The files are still where they have always been until they get overwritten and are lost.

Answer 2

Memory is deallocated to the system and it is then shown to you as the space that is available for you to use. When you store something on the disk, the memory is allocated as contiguous blocks. However when you delete the same stuff, the data contained there in is erased entirely from the system. It does not go anywhere but changes on the disk take place to show the space as empty. You can again use this space to store something else. However, the more stuff you delete and add, the more fragments you will have on your disk. Thats why you need to defragment your disk, once in a while.

Answer 3

When you delete a file and empty the recycle bin the referance for the file on the disk table is deleted, and the file/or parts of the file will remain on the disk, until it is written over by new data. Most data is recoverable for a certain amount of time (depending on how much you add/delete things to the disk, etc.)

Answer 4

The contents basically go nowhere. It sits on your computer until it is overwritten with new information. The recycle bin just takes it off the list of programs and opens it up for that overwritting.

Answer 5

They get recycled to empty bits and bytes.

Answer 6

They are refered to as 0s and 1s untill written over by another program.

Answer 7

The one possibility I can come up with is that they go to keep our putative souls company. Perhaps you should ask yourself if you have too much time on your hands.

Answer 8

No where.
They actually dont get deleted...the adress to the file is deleted and the computer tells you that its gone.

Answer 9

they don't actually go anywhere, the space is just cleared to be written over again.

Answer 10

In the windows registry where they can re-piece it together