Recycle Bin- when fdeleted does this remove data from HD?

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A friend asked me if deleting data from the Recycle Bin removes the data
from the Hard Disk
I was not sure and hope someone will inform me.
Blair
 
Not in a way that the data cannot be recovered
Think in terms of a library index, if the index disappears the books remain.
(broad explanation)
 
Paul said:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315672

"When you delete files or folders, the data is not initially
removed from the hard disk. Instead, the space on the disk
that was occupied by the deleted data is "deallocated." After
it is deallocated, the space is available for use when new data
is written to the disk. Until the space is overwritten, it is
possible to recover the deleted data by using a low-level disk
editor or data-recovery software."

It means the data is "marked for deletion", but the actual
deleting doesn't happen until the sector is used by another file
on a write. And this is why people give advice, to "stop using the disk",
meaning "stop writing to it", if something is deleted or
disappears accidentally. If you don't write to a disk, the
deleted data may all still be intact.

Paul
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Many thanks for your explanation. Much appreciated
Blair
 
Thanks for your help
Blair
DL said:
Not in a way that the data cannot be recovered
Think in terms of a library index, if the index disappears the books
remain. (broad explanation)
Click to expand...
 
yeah great explanation paul that's exactly what happens and until the
space that was de-allocated is overwritten you can still recover the
data. My way of deleting a confidential file is to use some file
shredding scheme so that it is deleted permanently
 
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