actually, when you press delete, the computer doesn't actually remove the file. pressing delete actually just lets the computer overwrite it if it doesn't have enough space. also, computer forensics experts have been known to recover fragments of data that has been overwritten as many as six times.
I distinctively hit Enter, lol.
and when I'm using Linux, it feels odd, because I don't need to.
I actually like the little prompts that Windows gives me. I tend to fudge up sometimes and hit something by mistake. :P
On topic: I usually click my answer.
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also, computer forensics experts have been known to recover fragments of data that has been overwritten as many as six times.
Smash your hdd with a hammer...
That's always been my solution to such problems...
Police get pissed though... >.>
also my pc has recently been whipped clear of all its data so yeah...
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also, computer forensics experts have been known to recover fragments of data that has been overwritten as many as six times.
Smash your hdd with a hammer...
Probably best. I watched a show - I think it was Numb3rs... a dude threw his HDD in a river.
They found it and got all the data. lolz.
Senseito7 Wrote:aspheric Wrote:(÷[s@m Wrote:÷)]
also, computer forensics experts have been known to recover fragments of data that has been overwritten as many as six times.
Smash your hdd with a hammer...
Probably best. I watched a show - I think it was Numb3rs... a dude threw his HDD in a river.
They found it and got all the data. lolz.
watched csi and there was a hdd in a car that caught fire and they still got data from it >.>
ZiNgA BuRgA Wrote:I find that most of the time after I press the Delete key (to delete a file/folder), I pretty much instinctively hit Enter.
Thus it seems that this prompt doesn't really serve as much use, since it doesn't really stop me enough to really consider whether I want to delete something or not. Perhaps it does help prevent issues if you accidentally hit the key, when you were intending to hit something else.
Do you instinctively press Enter after choosing to delete a file?
More instinctively, I hold shift when I press delete, so as to avoid the Recycling Bin I have never, ever used it since I found out about shift+delete). I am deleting this file(s) for a reason. I don't second guess myself when I decide something needs to be deleted. This brings me to my argument: is the recycling bin relevant at all? Are there that many people deleting things like crazy?
I mean... I could see it being a problem if you were a massive amount of things, using shift+click to grab a BUNCH of things at once. But, if you were having to precisely delete a bunch of things at once, or knew of the shift+click ability, wouldn't you also likely know of shift+delete? Thus, you'd know to think before you delete.
Regardless, I DO immediately press delete after shift+delete. So... shouldn't it be either the recycling bin OR the delete prompt. Why have 2 "safety" nets? Regardless, you can disable the delete prompt by going to the Recycling Bin's properties. I guess it does have SOME purpose :)
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