Talk:Recycle bin (Windows)
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Added a picture of a full and empty recycle bin under Windows XP... feel free to shift around the image as nessesary, as I'm not too good with image formatting yet. --P. B. Mann 06:58, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] "DCxxxx.ext"
Any idea what the "Dc" stands for? SigmaEpsilon → ΣΕ 03:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)
- I'd guess the D is for Deleted and the C is for the C drive, but the former is just a guess. --Alynna 01:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Undelete for Windows XP"
I would like to read about undelete possibilities; there are programs able to recover after deletion from the recycle bin.
[edit] "How Physically Delete A File"
Added a warning notifying naive users that doing the actions listed in this section will format the hard drive and cause total data loss of all files. The origional just showed the steps, with the heading of "How Physically Delete a File". Will also be renaming that heading to "How to Erase a Hard Disk (Formatting)". Feel free to delete the entire section if needed.
FYI, this article was linked to Fark.com on October 6th, 2006 by an annon. user. -- Cascadia4 10:34, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] How to Erase a Hard Disk (Formatting), How to Remove the Recycle Bin
I removed these on the basis of WP:NOT, including Wikipedia is not a publisher of original thought (1) and Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of information (4). Formatting doesn't seem entirely relevant to this article, isn't the best method to delete files, and doesn't do much in the field of file wiping. The second might be acceptable if it were reworded in a more neutral tone. ~ Eidako 00:37, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not only in Windows
GNOME and KDE also have recycle bins. This article should be rewritten in an OS-independent way. - Sikon 13:14, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
- I moved it to Recycle bin (Windows) and rewrote the article so it tells about the concept itself, not a particular implementation. - Sikon 10:39, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
