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file it deletes the first letter of the file and unlinks it.  The
undelete programs look for these files.  They can usually find and
recover the file if there hasn't been anything written on top of it.
That is a very shallow overview of what happens and I don't know if
this is even the case anymore with modern file systems.



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On 4/30/07, Justin Denick <justin.denick at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 4/30/07, Collin <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> > Yes, windows does do that, and it's called the recycle bin. If your
> > recycle bin is empty then the files were not saved. However, by default
> > windows puts things in the RB instead of directly deleting them.
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> I don't think this is true when the drive is not the dedicated SYSTEM DRIVE.
> Such as a drive that has been added to store documents or one that has been
> mapped to a network share.
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> > The
> > exception is when you cut and paste. If something interfered with the
> > process you still should have all of the files that were not transferred
> > but something could always go wrong.
> >
> > Justin Denick wrote:
> > > I remember windows keeping a hidden recycle dir at the root level of
> > > the drive.
> > > But it may have been there as a result of "norton protected trash can".
> > >
> > > Man, those were some dark days...
> > >
> > > On 4/27/07, *Jason Kisner* <airplanejay at gmail.com
> > > <mailto:airplanejay at gmail.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     My Mother, in the process of transferring pictures from one
> > >     storage device to another, accidentally deleted some files she
> > >     wanted to keep. The problem that arises is that it was done over a
> > >     network connection and that the files do not show up in any of the
> > >     recycle bins on any of the computers involved. It would be greatly
> > >     appreciated if someone were to  lend his/her assistance.
> > >
> > >     For those at GRLUG, I apologize that this isn't a Linux problem.
> > >
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