[SHENGTON]

I know that if you delete something in your Floppy Disk or Flash Drive, the files that you deleted are not in the Recycle Bin. This is because Recycle Bin is only for the hard drives. Floppies are not covered neither are flash drives.

Now question is:
Where are my deleted files go?

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The deleted files are still present unless you have reformated or have added content to flash drive in, which case, some or all may have been over written.

The tiny bit of information that points to the location of the file on the drive is erased. This pointer, along with other pointers for every folder and file on the drive, is saved in a section near the beginning of the drive. By erasing the pointer file, the actual file becomes invisible to the operating system. Eventually, the drive will write new data over the area where the old file is located.

Ron

[Major Payne]

The deleted files are still present unless you have reformated or have added content to flash drive in, which case, some or all may have been over written.

The tiny bit of information that points to the location of the file on the drive is erased. This pointer, along with other pointers for every folder and file on the drive, is saved in a section near the beginning of the drive. By erasing the pointer file, the actual file becomes invisible to the operating system. Eventually, the drive will write new data over the area where the old file is located.

Ron

[SHENGTON]

Thanks Major Payne!

If someone knows where the deleted files go please feel free to post it here co'z this will be will be additional info for me.

[Major Payne]

They don't go anywhere. They just get written over since the space they are in is set as being writable sectors.

Ron