Recycle bin empty-I didn't do it

[Valerie]

I went to find something in my recycle bin and there were only two days of
deletions. I did not empty it myself, intentionally that is. The storage
max is set at 10%..I have never changed it so I assume this is the default
amount? Could I have mistakenly emptied it using disk cleanup? I'm very
sure it has been at least a month since I ran that utility and I have deleted
many items since that time???? Is there something else that may have emptied
the bin??

 

[MP Descartes]

I went to find something in my recycle bin and there were only two days of
deletions. I did not empty it myself, intentionally that is. The storage
max is set at 10%..I have never changed it so I assume this is the default
amount? Could I have mistakenly emptied it using disk cleanup? I'm very
sure it has been at least a month since I ran that utility and I have deleted
many items since that time???? Is there something else that may have emptied
the bin??

Set at 10%... of how large a drive/partiion?

What was the size of the contents of two days of deletions?

If those two days worth were large enough, older days would have
gotten bumped.

 

[Valerie]

Thank you for your prompt response. Yesterday I was burning CDs to back up
my photo files. When the CD writing is finished the files copied are deleted
to the Recycle Bin. There are several files over 500,000 KB and a few over
800,000 KB. My drive is 111GB with 30.4GB free space.

 

[MP Descartes]

Thank you for your prompt response. Yesterday I was burning CDs to back up
my photo files. When the CD writing is finished the files copied are deleted
to the Recycle Bin. There are several files over 500,000 KB and a few over
800,000 KB. My drive is 111GB with 30.4GB free space.

You can see the total by checking in disk cleanup or by right-clicking
it and looking in Properties then in "General". I doubt that they
would add up to 11gigs, but you can check.

In the meantime, pay more attention to the Recycle Bin. You are
unlikely to ever find out why only two days worth exist.

 

[Valerie]

I had right clicked on the recycle bin icon and clicked properties before I
last replied; however, I didn't see the General tab and there was no
information on the size of the file. On your suggestion, I just checked
using Disk Cleanup...3,501,106 K.

I think you are right...I will never know what happened. Thankfully the
item I was looking for is not very important. I will take your advice and
keep an eye on the recyle bin. Thanks for your help.

Valerie