Your Questions About Recycling
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David asks…
Itunes…deletions…recycle bins… 10 points!!?
I accidentally deleted an album so opened my Vista recycle bin and restored the songs. However they do not appear in my Itunes library. How do I get my songs back?
THANKS!!
The Expert answers:
Go to File>Add to Library and select the folder with the songs. (You may need to adapt it a little cuz I have a mac and you have a vista pc)
Joseph asks…
How to get rid of/recycle dinnerware and flatware?
How can I get rid of or recycle my old dinnerware (stoneware and porcelain) and flatware (made of plastic and stainless steel)? Can I put any of it into my recycle bins? Will the recycle collector take it?
The Expert answers:
Me personally, i would sell it on ebay you will be surprised for what you can sell. Often you get more than you think and it makes the buyer happy. Hopes this helps
Lizzie asks…
Grease recycle bins (what qualifies as suitable material?)?
what is supposed to go in the bin
what might you think goes in but shouldn’t?
or
is there anything that shouldn’t?
The Expert answers:
Depends what you’ll recycle it into.
Used frying oil, engine oil & grease will do. Don’t put volatile liquids like turpentine so it won’t catch flame or explode from the heat. Good luck
Helen asks…
How do I change the recycle bin back to normal?
The recycle bin on my desktop was somehow changed to a picture of the moon. How do I change it back to normal? Thanks!
There is no appearence & themes option in my control panel.
The Expert answers:
Go to the control panel -> appearance & themes -> and there should be an option to change it back to normal/default.
Steven asks…
Do you need to have a recycle bin to recycle and do you really have to separate everything?
I decided to recycle and get my family involved and hopefully as well as my community. But I’m only 15 years old and I want know more about recycling to help our enviroment. I brought blue bags but do I need to have a recycle bin as well? Also can someone tell me if do I have to seperate all the materials or can they seperate them for me? I need a little help with this.
The Expert answers:
Recycling is really local. Your best bet is to contact your waste disposal company. If they do the recycling they can provide direction on what, where, when and how. If they don’t do it they should be able to tell you who does. If you can’t find anyone locally, talk to your teachers, tell them you want to start recycling at school. Let the teachers guide you. The science and biology teachers are usually your best bet.
Ken asks…
How do you get a music file to go straight to your recycle bin when deleted from itunes?
OKay on my itunes when i deleted a song it used to ask me do i also want to move the file to the recycle bin and i always clicked yes . It has stoped asking me this question now and now when i delete songs from itunes they stay on my computer ! How do i fix this ?
The Expert answers:
If you’re running windows, then you need to find the file your music is stored in and then drag it into the recycle bin. If you can’t find the music, perform a search on the song by clicking My Computer and then search, which is near the top of the window. I hope this helps.
Richard asks…
What happens to the bytes that take up space after they are deleted in a recycle bin to create new space?
I am wondering what computers do to memory, or bytes, that creates new space after something is deleted in a recycle bin. Any clue?
The Expert answers:
All files have an entry in the file table of the hard drive, or partition, that it resides on. When you delete a file from the recycle bin, the operating system removes that entry from the file table and marks they space as unused. The data for the file is still on the drive and recoverable with the proper software. When the time comes that your operating system needs to save another file to the hard drive, or partition, the data is on, it will know that it can save it there. There are also programs that will “securely delete” the file and all they really do is remove the entry for the file in the file table, mark it as unused space, and write over the data where the file used to reside with either a bunch of zero’s or a bunch of random data.
Laura asks…
How do i delete these files in the recycle bin?
There are some files i want to delete from the recycle bin but when i right click and press delete it doesnt do anything. and of course ive also tried the “empty recycle bin ” button.
i would really apprieciate if someone could help me!!!
thank you!
The Expert answers:
Left click once on the filename to highlight it, then hold down the shift key, and press the delete key. This should delete it.
You could also download the free ATF Cleaner Program that will clean up a lot of other stuff.
Http://www.atribune.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=25
Daniel asks…
I accidentally deleted files but they aren’t showing in the recycle bin. How can I find them?
I was deleting some useless files in my documents folder when, somehow, I managed to delete all files (useful and useless) without warning. It was so fast I barely got to press Cancel. For whatever reason I can’t find them in the recycle bin, and the shortcuts I had to these files are broken (a prompt tells me that the file the shortcut is linking me to has changed or moved). HAlp!
The Expert answers:
It depends on just how many files you accidentally deleted. If everything added up was larger then your Recycle Bin then Windows would have prompted you to either permanently delete everything selected (i.e. Bypass the Recycle Bin) or cancel the whole thing. This happens any time you try to remove something too large to fit in the Recycle Bin.
If that’s the case then you can’t recover the files using anything Windows gives you. There are 3rd party undelete programs, but they don’t always work, and they require that NOTHING be saved or installed to your hard drive after said accidental deletion (i.e. You can’t install the undelete program without overwriting some of what you’re trying to undelete).
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