What Happens to deleted files?
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the first character in the disk directory is replaced with a zero that makes it appear to be deleted
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Back in the old days, when hard drives were a new thing and not very large, there was a process called "defragging" that basically rearranged everything to be more efficient, and in doing so, eliminated the files that had been marked for deletion but were still there in a ghostly way.  Nowadays defragging is done automatically, and if you have truly deleted a file, and not just emptied it, it should not show on your file lists.  Try going into your operating system at the most basic level (Windows, for most of us, I suppose) and deleting them there.  Then be sure to "empty the recycle bin," and they should go away entirely.
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It exist software to recover deleted files but the longer you wait the smaller is the chance to recover ir. It exist also software to completly destroyed files \nMcaffee security do it
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When you erase something, you flag the directory entry that "this is deleted".  The data itself is still there until you use the disk space for something else. \n\nFiles are stored in chains of clusters. The chain of clusters of data from that file is added to the list of "free space" clusters. When you write enough new files, you may get to and overwrite that data. "Eraser" programs fill that freespace with garbage.\n\nA disk consists of one or more platters, with concentric (not spiral!) tracks of data written like tape recordings in blocks (clusters are groups of blocks, usually lined up from several platters). There's also a theory that the heads can wander, and although the data track is written over, there may be remains of the old recording on one side or the other of the track which have the old data track still on them. A high tech lab might be able to read this side data and get some information. (I have never seen this actually done for any court case in the news, but who knows?). Thus, good eraser programs will overwrite data several times to ensure that everything is pretty much gone.\n\nIf a file isn't exactly the same size as x clusters, even the leftover bit at the end of the cluster might have some remnant data from previous use. Good erase programs can also do "cluster tips" (and blank out deleted directory entries, so you can't read the names of deleted files).\n\nAlso, when you visit a web site, the history is kept in IE's "history"; see the icon that looks like a clock with an arrow... The files downlaoded are kept in "cache" (Tools - Internet Options- Settings - View Files) so when you return, or go "back", the same file doesn't have to be downloaded all over again. This is from the good old days of modems, when downloading even a small graphic could take forever... And of course, all this is stamped with the date and time it was written, and on an XP NTFS disk, the userid that wrote it...\n\nYou also log files you've opened and saved in the "Windows Registry". If you have a program and under "File" see a list of the last few files you've had open with that program - that's stored somewhere, usually the registry.\n\nFrom all this, there's lots of clues what a computer's been used for.
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the software Recover My Files Data Recovery Software can do it:\n\nWhen a file is deleted from a Windows Operating System the contents of the file is rarely destroyed. If the Windows reference information remains intact, Recover My Files reconstructs the link to the deleted file to enable data recovery. Even if the reference information itself has been destroyed, data recovery software scans the storage media at a low level to locate "Lost Files" by their internal file structure. This allows Recover My Files to locate and recover files that other data recovery software programs could never know exist.\n\nFor example, the software Recover My Files data recovery software will quickly and easily recover deleted files emptied from the Windows Recycle Bin, or lost due to the format or corruption of a hard drive, virus or trojan infection, unexpected system shutdown or software failure.
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when you delete your temp Internet files, they are not put in your recycle bin for you to get them back they are completely deleted from your computer, if you really need a file that you have deleted then use System Restore, (if you're using Windows XP) and restore to a point when the files were there,
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no it will not clean/delete your files. It will delete only unwanted files.
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u can do it only on one condition backup that particular folder before deleting.(in a cd,pen drive,floppy....)\ndelete it,see if ur pc has been affected due to the absence of the file,if it has then  just put it back where it was simple \nfor further details contact ur local software technician!!!!!!
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First thing is not to panic, a deleated file isn't gone, it just become free memory that the computer overwrites only when it needs to, so odds are it's still there if you know where to look.\nIf you've accidentally deleated a file from the recycle bin that you wanted to restore then you want a data recovery program. \nThere are several available for free on the internet and some of the ones you have to pay for offer a free trial, each one has various levels of success on what they can recover, it all depends on how long ago it was erased. So it's good to shop around.\njust go to google an type in something obvious like "deleted file restorers" or "data recovery software"\nOrigionaly used by the police now available for you at home.
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deleted from trash is gone
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if you have been reformated your PC all your files will be DELETED.. so before you reformat your PC make a BACK-UP to those files that are very IMPORTANT to you..
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When we delete any item, the file is not actually deleted but the file is simply removed from the FAT (File allocation table) or NTFS (New Technology File System) in the case of Windows XP/2000/NT. The actual file is not deleted from data area. \n\nThere are many programs/utilities that can recover deleted files. But it depends on how much writing the hard drive was doing after you deleted the file. If you just deleted the file and nothing else. The hard drive didn't get a chance to write data to that same area that had the previous data. If the hard drive has overwritten that data then no or only partial recovery is possible.
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once you restore the computer to its original config (just like the first day you started it up) then all data is erased and its reloaded back to its original configuration. you can only reload your programs and data files if you made a backup.
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you can try Restoration it's a free program.it can find deleted files\nhttp://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/Restoration/restoration.html
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You'd have to have some sort of software that would pull up previously deleted files.  There is free software out there that will do that. . . something like: \n\nhttp://officerecovery.com/freeundelete/\n\nWhich will pull up previously deleted stuff.  I'm sure someone else might have a better suggestion for what you're looking for - but there's a good chance that you'll be able to pull up at least some info unless your PC has some sort of "washer" program & it's been run.\n\n---\nJust cuz you remove something on your computer ("delete it") doesn't mean it's gone.  I could be wrong in that an undelete program will retrieve a history item, but undelete programs do recover deleted text files, .avi files, .jpg, .gif, .mp3, .htm files, etc.  Some useable, some not.\n\nThe only sure fire way to make something not recoverable from your hard drive even after deletion is to destroy your hard drive.\n---
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Yes it can. When we delete any item, the file is not actually deleted but the file is simply removed from the FAT (File allocation table) or NTFS (New Technology File System) in the case of Windows XP/2000/NT. The actual file is not deleted from data area. There are many programs/utilities that can recover deleted files. But it depends on how much writing the hard drive was doing after you deleted the history. If you just deleted the history and nothing else. The hard drive didn't get a chance to write data to that same area that had the previous data. If the hard drive has overwritten that data then no or only partial recovery is possible. Please read this link: http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-Deleted-History-in-Windows\n\nHope this solved your problem.
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A great program for recovering deleted files is MediaRecover:\nhttp://www.mediarecover.com/\nbut, be aware that it will take a while for the program to scan your hard drive and it might not recover all of the files depending on how many times the section of the disk that had a file on it has been written over.