Deleting and Recovering

Exercise 1 - Recycling Files

Use these steps to delete a file:

• 1. <Double-Click> the Recycle Bin to view its contents.

  2. Open a second window containing some sample files from our last tutorial

  3. Click on a file to select it.

  4. Press the <Delete> key on your keyboard.

  5. You will be asked if you want to send the file to the Recycle Bin. Click OK

You should now see that the file has been moved from the folder into the Recycle Bin.

Use these steps to recover the file:

• 1. In the Recycle Bin, click on the file you wish to recover

  2. Choose Recover from the menu, or use the <Right-Click> menu and select Recover

The file will dissappear from the Recylce Bin and be placed back in the folder it was deleted from. This allows you to easily recover files you may have accidentally deleted from your computer.

Gone for Good

If you choose to Empty the Recycle Bin the files are then permanently deleted. That file can no longer be recovered, except by special tools used by technical staff. Parts of the files do remain on the drive until they are overwritten. It's important to know this if you are discarding your computer and you want to be sure that all the information is destroyed and cannot be accessed.

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