Your Questions About Recycling
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Susan asks…
Files stored in Recycle Bin are there for how long? Can they be still found after a month?
I deleted a file from Windows Explorer and am wondering if I look into the Recycle Bin, would I find the deleted files there? If so, how long are they stored in the Recycle Bin for? Like a few days or forever?
By the way, I’m using Windows 7. Thanks.
The Expert answers:
They remain in there until you empty the recycle bin.
William asks…
What happens when you delete a file/files in your recycle bin?
I emptied my recycle bin and make sure all of its files are deleted. Is it PERMANENTLY deleted? If No, please do tell me how to delete those files permanently.
File shredder? where can i download it?
any other tools??
The Expert answers:
If you are using NTFS as a disk format, all your deleted files will still be there. Only the “title” part of the files are deleted so the rest of it are still there and chances are, they could EASILY be recovered. There are a lot of undelete softwares out there.
Try using Eraser.
Http://heidi.ie/eraser/
Cleans up all your deleted files (randomizes “empty” spaces on your hard disk). When you right-click on a file, there will also be an option “erase”, and “secure move” which overwrites and randomizes the the spot where your file is taken form. It uses standard NSA delete procedures and it’s customizable. If you are a little paranoid over recovery, you could make 100 randomization passes over a file (which would take about forever to delete a video). But it definitely works!
P.s. I have recovered long deleted files before. I recovered one video that is a month old and overwritten in some areas a couple of times and it still works!
Maria asks…
how do i get rid of stuff i deleted in recycle bin?
I have deleted pictures and they have gone to recycle bin, how do i delete stuff in there?
The Expert answers:
Right click on the recycle bin
empty recycle bin
Lizzie asks…
How do I recover a picture I deleted from my recycle bin?
I deleted a photo from my computer and then from my recycle bin. The picture is used as my user account picture but I don’t know how to get access to it now. How can I recover it?
The Expert answers:
Try recuva it works really well. Http://www.piriform.com/recuva I used it when my cousins played around my laptop and deleted all my videos and school files.
Lisa asks…
How can i retrieve a photo i deleted from the recycle bin ?
Hi, a couple of days ago i deleted a photo of a person and me in it, which i accidentaly deleted from the recycle bin, i`ve tried half a dozen programs and nothing`s worked, either they`re phony or require payment, and i sure a as hell won`t pay for one photo. Can someone please help me ?
The Expert answers:
Unlikely, as mostly like the space used by deleted pictures are used by other files.
You can use asoftech photo recovery (one of best photo recovery software) to check whether these pictures are recoverable.
Http://www.asoftech.com/apr/
John asks…
How do i recover a file i put in the recycle bin?
I downloaded a few videos and in an attempt to organize them i put them in their own folder. I then moved the folder to my desktop. The next day i accidentally put the folder in the recycle bin and deleted it. How do i recover the videos? I know they are still on my computer because the memory they took up is still taken. If it helps I have windows vista.
The Expert answers:
First just open the recycle bin and drag the folders on to the deskop and it will say “do you want to restore these files” or something like that and you click yes. Or the other way, you right click on them and select “restore”
James asks…
Can I recover a file that was deleted from the recycle bin 7 months ago?
It was a video, recorded with the webcam. I deleted from the recycle bin immediately after creating it. I use my computer all the time, so I have a lot of new files and downloads.
I know there are programs like RECUVA for example, that recover deleted documents, but my question is:
Is it possible to recover this file, even if it has been 7 months and I´m constantly using my computer?
The Expert answers:
Hi, there
It’s possible to recover your file deleted from the recycle bin, as you may know. But the chances are very low, to be honest. Because 7 Months has gone by and you keep saving more files after your previous ones were deleted. This could make your deleted file data overwrited by new stored data. Once overwritten it’s extremly hard to get them back.
Good news is that the overwritten process is not visible, you still have chance, recommend you to try some professional data recovery programs like Wondershare Data Recovery. Free download this program or learn more from this site:
http://www.disk-utilities.com/data-recovery
Best Regards
Sandy asks…
Where is the serial number on the recycle bin?
I think my neighbors may have taken my recycle bin where is the serial number on the blue recycle bin?
The Expert answers:
Bottom left hand corner.
Mandy asks…
How do I retrieve files deleted from recycle bin?
I’m using Windows 7 and I deleted a very important family photo by accident along with some other junk. I actually deleted all these files from the Recycle Bin, clicked on Empty Recycle Bin. That was around an hour ago. How can I retrieve the file? I’m medium at computers so I know my way around it if someone can guide me?
The Expert answers:
You can often successfully recover deleted files from a PC, phone or camera memory card or USB Memory stick, it just depends on what’s happened since the files were deleted.
When you delete files the data itself isn’t deleted, just the index entry that says where the data for those files is located. The space containing the deleted files is also now marked as free space so it is available to the system for any new files to be written there instead.
If and when that happens, then it becomes too late to recover your deleted files so it is very, very important to not save any new files or data to the device concerned.
If the deleted files are on a memory card or USB memory stick, just don’t save any new files to it.
One of the easiest ways to see if you can recover deleted files is to try some file recovery software. Recommended asoftech photo recovery as it saved my life many times.
Http://www.asoftech.com/apr
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