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deleteing
when you delete something off the computer, it goes to the recylin bin but i dont think it reaally deletes it.. so what is something i can do so it PERMANENTLY deletes it?
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You can't simply delete a file from your computer. Removing something from the recycling bin simply erases the index for that file on your harddrive. What that means, is that the file still exists, although no files specifically point to that block of data. If someone really wanted to, they could use software to search for this data and restore it.
To permanently delete something from your computer, and remove it from your harddrive, requires another program. I believe iolo sells software that does this (among other things). The software will write over the data where the file you want to delete is located with random data, in addition to deleting the index for it. The US Government uses this process 7 times per file, to securely remove data from a harddrive.
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thats not true actually, if you delete it from your recycling bin its still in your computers memory, you can really dellete it completely. sorry.. but if you do do all that its really hard to find so i wouldn't worry to much about it just don't go to anymore "bad" sites. lol
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Well, the whole point of it being deleted and going into the recycling bin is so that it goes away permanently.
To make it go away even MORE permanently, empty your recycling bin. Then it's gone for good.
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If you right-click on your recycle bin, one of the options will be to "Empty Recycle Bin". Click that, it will ask if you're sure you want to permanantly delete, and if you click yes, you'll be done with it.
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You can "empty" your recycle bin and that permanently deletes them. Open the recycle bin and over to the side, click "empty the recycle bin"
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go to start and find control panel...then something will come up and go to add/remove programs. Then click that and all the files and everything on your computer will show up. Find what you want to delete and click it once then click change/remove and your done
hope i helped
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Well, after you delete something, you need to go empty your Recyle Bin. After that, it should "really delete it". Unless, of course, it's a virus. And if that's the case, the possibility exists that it might have spread itself around to multiple folders, titled as different things..
I heard on television (CourtTV) that computers never TRULY delete things. They claimed that the space will free up, and you won't be able to find any evidence by SEARCHING THROUGH the computer, but by some little storage piece within the tower. Supposedly that's there as evidence to see some if some kid who alledely threatened to bomb his school (as one example) made any statements from his machine. Now, I don't know if that's fact or not, so don't hold me to it... but unless you're trying to cover up something insanely serious over there, I wouldn't worrie about that. [:
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Once you send something to your Recycle Bin, you need to then go to your Recycle Bin to permanently delete it. Or, you can search for a file on your computer to actually remove it from your computer.
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Hey well yes it doesnt delete it completely, now you should go to the Recycle Bin and click ont he file you want to PERMANENTLY delete and on the left side it says Empty Recycle Bin and click that. =) hope i helped
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