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| Thread ID: 117823 | 2011-05-06 08:37:00 | recycle bin | jayal (1291) | Press F1 |
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| 1199910 | 2011-05-06 08:37:00 | if it's in the bin is it out of action? or does it still have some influence? | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1199911 | 2011-05-06 08:40:00 | What do you mean? | bot (15449) | ||
| 1199912 | 2011-05-06 09:14:00 | Files in the 'bin are not deleted permanently, but rather just moved to a different portion of the Hard Drive, which is why you can still recover them. When you empty the 'bin, it permanently deletes the file. IDK what happens after. | bot (15449) | ||
| 1199913 | 2011-05-06 09:22:00 | I thought that, but needed confirmation - have had some issues and sent some files to the bin so was curious - thanks for the reply | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1199914 | 2011-05-06 09:56:00 | Even if you delete them from the recycle bin, theyre not permanently deleted. You can still recover the files with data recovery programs. Unless you use a program that deletes them permanently | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1199915 | 2011-05-06 10:03:00 | The file name and/or path name get altered once in the bin, so in theory other apps, the registry, malware etc should not any longer have direct access to the file(s). However, having said that, I have seen malware attempt to hide within the bin, so it must be possible to still access it in some respect. Norton products used to screw with the bins contents. Don't know if that is still the case, but it was not unusual for an obscurely titled Nortons file to be semi-permanently occupying the bin. |
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| 1199916 | 2011-05-06 10:16:00 | The file name and/or path name get altered once in the bin, so in theory other apps, the registry, malware etc should not any longer have direct access to the file(s). However, having said that, I have seen malware attempt to hide within the bin, so it must be possible to still access it in some respect. Norton products used to screw with the bins contents. Don't know if that is still the case, but it was not unusual for an obscurely titled Nortons file to be semi-permanently occupying the bin. In XP it's the C:\RECYCLER folder -- you may need to turn "Show system files" on. In 7 it's the C:\$Recycle.Bin folder. |
bot (15449) | ||
| 1199917 | 2011-05-07 01:56:00 | I put that extra renamed Windows folder in there Speedy and thought I'd get rid of it - spose i could do system restore if it turns to *i*t | jayal (1291) | ||
| 1199918 | 2011-05-07 01:57:00 | Oh ok but is there anything in it?? If there isnt delete it | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1199919 | 2011-05-07 02:07:00 | I get that recycler pop up whenever I back up my ext HDD to my server, no matter what I do they still turn up in the backup folder on the server so I just delete it | gary67 (56) | ||
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