Where do deleted files go? Do they really get deleted and if so, how?
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Yes and no. Each file has an address of sorts, this lets the computer know there is a file and where to find all the parts of it.( That’s why we used to defragment hard drives, to put all the data of the same file next to each other on the disk.)
Deleted files have that address removed, so the computer doesn’t know it’s a file.
That is the reason there are certain software that can try and recover files.
There are ways to delete files fully, by zeroing out the space where the files exist. You overwrite the areas on the storage with zeros, that way you can’t recover the files.
If anyone knows better please correct me on this.
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