Examining erased recycle and trash bin data
When you delete a file while using Windows you place that file into a unique status. While not fully deleted, the contents of the file are no longer in their original place on your computer’s hard disk drive. The contents are actually copied to a new folder (recycler) and given a new name in the form of a hash code. When we empty the Windows recycle bin we therefore will have difficulty finding our files using a basic data recovery tool. One would think that if we have not overwritten the original file content sectors that those original locations and the content therein can easily be recovered. However this proves not be the case as upon emptying our Windows recycle bin. The only location that file content exists in is a special folder created for that data.
Quality programs for recycle bin recovery are able to look over one’s entire hard disk drive and locate within that structure any recently deleted by emptying the Windows recycle bin files. To undelete trash Mac users must follow a similar procedure however, Mac data recovery requires Mac specific tools. And should you choose to download and purchase a Mac recovery tool for the express purpose of locating a file emptied from the Mac trash can the program you choose must state its ability to locate these files.