Tom Bair wrote: |
When you send a file to the Recycle Bin, the file remains in the original physical location on your hard drive. |
greyserfer wrote: |
So if I erase the content from the Recycle Bin, does it in effect erase (overwrite) it from the original physical location? Or does the file still exist in the original physical location somewhere?
Also, a seperate question, if I use a program like ccleaner to delete .tmp files, can those still be located on the harddrive somewhere after they've been deleted? Sorry for all the questions. |
greyserfer wrote: |
Hi, thanks for the response.
I guess my question is still, whether or not files I erased (using eraser) out of the recycling bin is actually physically erased on the HD or if it's just the pointer to that file that is erased and the actual file is still physically on the drive somewhere. |
Groovicus wrote: |
That's actually pretty easy to find out for yourself. DO the deletion and erasing, and then use PC File Inspector to see if the file still exists. The file is free, and I am sort of curious as to what results you come up with. |
patbateman wrote: |
In regards to CC cleaner, all that does is delete them - it does not overwrite them. |
greyserfer wrote: |
I did find out that erasing from the recycle bin does in fact seem to overwrite the file(s) from it's original permanent location. |
babyface wrote: |
newuser1,
Unfortunately, CCleaner doesn't overwrite already-deleted files. However, if you really want that option, you might look into some freeware free-space shredders. I think one that does the trick is called "Simple File Shredder". Hope that helps |
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