Recycle Bin, or in a more familiar language “Trash”, is a main component of Windows programs, which very easy to find and use. The computer user can “send” files or directories that do not need to trash. This can be done in several ways.
Using Drag & Drop technology is the most common way, that is left click on the file or folder and hold it until it moves above the Recycle Bin icon on the desktop. Right click the file or folder that you want to be erased and then select the DELETE option. Right click the file or folder you want to delete, choose the option COPY, then move above the Recycle Bin icon, left-click and choose PASTE.
This application has two main advantages compared to MS-DOS. The first advantage is that you can delete the folders that have other files in them. The second is that after a certain period the information, if not permanently deleted, can be reaccesed, while in MS-DOS, once you have deleted something is deleted for good. Still, the information that is deleted for good in Windows can be recovered, but only if you have met the right programmer or specialist.
So, as I said before, if I deleted something by mistake or if we are to regain something that we have deleted some time ago, these operations can be made following the next steps. Double-click the Recycle Bin icon on the left and find the files or directories that were deleted a long time ago. Double-click again and then left on the file or folder you want to regain. Be careful because some machines have a setting that allow them to keep inside the Recycle Bin items for a short period of time. So, if you want to regain a folder which was deleted three weeks ago and the setting allows to keep the files only for two weeks, you will need to see the specialist of which I have talked earlier.
If you want to empty the “trash”, go to the Recycle Bin icon, right click and select the option EMPTY RECYCLE BIN. To increase or decrease the capacity of this “trash”, it should be right-clicked on the Recycle Bin icon and then selected the Properties option, from where you must choose how much portion of the hard-drive will handle this “trashâ thing.
