Questions?? Re: Recycle Bin & deleted files
Floyd Baker
>
> "P" <poh...@bham.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:A3RM8.212454$Q42.9...@typhoon.austin.rr.com...
> > I think that after delting Windows changes the file name.
> > e.g. Origional File Name = MyText.txt
> > Deleted File Name = ~yText.txt
> > But I am not sure about this.
> >
> > If this is the case it would seem that you could infact hunt for
> > those
> files
> > on your drive via dos and subsequently delete once again. Right??
> >
> > Questions??
> > In what directory does windows place the file after a detletion
> > from
> the
> > recycle bin?
> > How do you get to the Recycle Bin from DOS?
> > Does the file still retain it's origional directory path with
> > it's FAT reference removed?
>
> It doesn't "place" the files anywhere. It changes the first character
> of the file name and frees up all the clusters in the FAT. The file
> remains on the disk, where it was - but there is nothing to "point"
> to it.