17 March 2011
Most of us think that the moment we hit that “delete” button, the data is gone and lost to oblivion. Not so. Even if the file cannot be seen in the directory structure, it actually exists in a safe memory area. In case you change your mind and need it back, it can be pulled out from storage.
The next time you hit the delete key (granted that you’re not tweaking with your Windows operating system) you can be sure the file directly goes to the Recycle Bin. This is a funny leeway Microsoft gives us in case we are fickle-minded and want the deleted files again. Then we simply have to rummage through this digital rubbish and easily recover our deleted files.
Deleted files, even those which have been emptied from the Recycle Bin, can be recovered by data recovery techniques
But when you disable the recycle bin, things go differently. It still gets deleted as such, but in reality what is actually deleted is simply the link referring to the file. It is like removing the index of a page in a book and not tearing out the actual page from the book.
Your hard disk is of course not infinite and sooner or later, it will run out of space to contain the files you deleted. In such a case, the operating system will overwrite (or write over) the old deleted files with the newer ones. This means that those files you deleted last year have greater chances of having been overwritten while the ones you deleted an hour ago are not. This also means that the files deleted recently can be more easily recovered than the ones which have been deleted a long time ago.
Deleted files, even those which have been emptied from the recycle bin, can be recovered by data recovery techniques. In fact, because of the advances in data recovery technology, even those which have been overwritten for several times can still be retrieved, albeit not entirely intact in some cases.
For help in either recovering a deleted file or folder, or ensuring that data is correctly erased, contact the professionals at Kingdom Data Recovery.
