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WHERE DOES THE DELETED FILE/FOLDER GO?
After you delete the file, it does not get deleted permanently from the computer. The
deleted file is moved to the Recycle Bin. To remove a file or folder permanently from a
computer, you need to delete the file again from the Recycle Bin.
PURE With a volume capacity of 20 gigabytes, the Recycle Bin can hold up to 2
FACT gigabytes of deleted files.
The Recycle Bin also allows us to retrieve our deleted files. To restore a file from the Recycle
Bin, follow the given steps:
1 Double-click on
the Recycle Bin icon 3 Select the Restore the
on the Desktop. selected items option.
2 Select the file in the Recycle
Bin that you want to restore.
Alternatively, you can right-click on the selected file and select the restore option from the
context menu.
To delete all the deleted files and folders permanently, click on the Empty Recycle Bin
option in the Manage group.
Hashtag
#Recycle: To put used objects through a process so that they can be used again
#Directory: Another name of folder in File Explorer
21 st
Self Reflection Century #Technology Literacy
Skills
Aarav was working on the computer to make an important project. He had organised and
Self Reflection
saved all the files in a folder. After he left, his friend Abhinav came and started working on
the computer. Abhinav then deleted the entire folder which was saved by Aarav. How has
Abhinav violated the ethics of working on a computer?
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