So if the deleted file gets overwritten by new data, it's not really considered taking up space on the drive right? So what's the worry?
I could see privacy issues, but I never keep anything overly private on my computer, and nobody has access to it, so I don't really see why I would bother deleting...deleted...files.
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What Happens To A File When You Delete It From Windows ?
Started by midnitesun, Jun 24 2006 07:27 AM
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Posted 25 June 2006 - 03:17 AM
The way it works is when you delete a file from the recycle bin Windows simply marks the file as deleted in the FAT (or MFT if you're using NFTS), if Windows is searching for space to put a new file it has the option of overwriting the space of that deleted file. This is part of the reason why fragmentaion occurs; however if Windows were to actually delete the file completely it would take up a lot more time than it already does.
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Posted 04 September 2006 - 02:20 AM
Huh i guess this could be a blessing for some people but for those seeking privacy, like an investiagtion company with high profile cases that are for the eyes of the person or group seeking the imformation, this can be a major problem, i knew that os-s did that but i guess i haddn't taken the time to put two and two together and actually relize what was happening, but its really no problem for me myself
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Posted 04 September 2006 - 03:22 PM
ooo i alsos wondered how this process actually worked, i knew about it but i din get the whole shibang of it. i guess this will be a handy fact to remember next time i delete something by accident... which i do occasionally... i alsways shift+del so when i get a wrong file i totally screw myself over >< thanks for this info haha, i'll keep it in mind next time. gotta go find an application which finds these files now ;D
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Posted 15 April 2008 - 03:41 PM
What will I do?
What Happens To A File When You Delete It From Windows ?
I accidentally entered a wrong Command on Command Prompt and Accidentaly deleted all my Files . How will I get all those Files back? Is there Any way I could do that?
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What Happens To A File When You Delete It From Windows ?
I accidentally entered a wrong Command on Command Prompt and Accidentaly deleted all my Files . How will I get all those Files back? Is there Any way I could do that?
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Posted 11 December 2009 - 09:49 PM
what happend to those processes?What Happens To A File When You Delete It From Windows ?
Ok so my computer was being REALLY REALLY REALLY slow. So I hit Ctrl Alt and Delete so I could end the programs that wern't responding. That didn't work out so well. So then I clicked the tab 'Processses' and started to delete the majority of those. Next thing I notice the background has nothing on it. Like, no icons of anything. Did I delete those icons and completely wipe them clean from my computer?!?! If I did,how can I get them back?!?!
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Posted 25 December 2009 - 10:09 AM
JOE IV, on Jun 25 2006, 01:20 AM, said:
Wow.. I never knew that. You can really recover files after deleting them from the recycle bin?
iv'e heard that you have to format your hard drive seven times to completely erase data on a hard drive from ever being found.
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iGuest, on 11 December 2009 - 09:49 PM, said:
what happend to those processes?What Happens To A File When You Delete It From Windows ?<p>Ok so my computer was being REALLY REALLY REALLY slow. So I hit <em>Ctrl Alt</em> and<em> Delete</em> so I could end the programs that wern't responding. That didn't work out so well. So then I clicked the tab '<em>Processses</em>' and started to delete the majority of those. Next thing I notice the background has nothing on it. Like, no icons of anything. Did I delete those icons and completely wipe them clean from my computer?!?! If I did,how can I get them back?!?!</p>-reply by Miyu
You probably stopped the process "Explorer.exe" which has somthing to do with your desktop, i did that once and it went blank but it was fine after i restarted my computer. You files should of returned but never do that again cos half of those are needed to run your computer normally.
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mayank, on 24 June 2006 - 09:28 PM, said:
well, the concept is this that when you delete a file and erase the recycle bin its traces are left on the "harddisk clusters" and those traces are used by recovery softwares to recover the files. Now, if some data get written on those clusters then the file recovery software can get the data for you however, it may not be hundred percent correct..it may be corrupt file too!
Things get more and more technical with file recovery and how data acts on the harddisk and the harddisk functioning and all...so, if you actually want to know it then I'll suggest you do Google it
Things get more and more technical with file recovery and how data acts on the harddisk and the harddisk functioning and all...so, if you actually want to know it then I'll suggest you do Google it
My question is if the files are hidden or present somewhere in hard disk it'll occupy the space of hard disk. bt practically if the files are deleted there'll be the increased space in hard disk. what may be the reason???
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