I’m assuming it has to do with the way data is stored and how “deleted” data is never truly deleted.
Is this true for other OSs, or just windows?
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The reason its called a recycle bin is because deleting stuff don’t actually wipe it from storage. What’s actually happening, is that you’re telling the computer that it can overwrite that section of the drive if it needs to. When a new drive it detected by the OS, it has to be formatted, which means the drive has to be partitioned, or laid out in a way they particular OS understands.
When you see a download say that it’s “allocating space” that means its telling the computer how much space it needs, and that sector gets sectioned off. If you unplug that drive, the data is still there, it juts can’t be accessed. That’s why every drive also needs its own recycling bin. Because the OS needs a way to know that there are things on that drive that it was told it could overwrite. Deleting something marks that section of the drive on the disk itself, so any computer you plug it into knows what parts can be written to.
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