What happens after the recycle bin is emptied · Proposed air date:
A caller asks where files go after the recycle bin is emptied. Dr. Dave explains that the operating system frees their space without immediately erasing every underlying bit, why later data may overwrite a new or old deletion unpredictably and how defragmentation can reduce the chance of recovery.
This excerpt runs from 3:13.666 to 8:11.454 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2006-04-08. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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