[Ti] Empty trash

[Pedro Vera]

Empty trash deletes the pointer that the operating system uses to find 
a specific file. The data remains the same but to the OS it is as if 
that area is now empty. If you have a recovery tool you can grab the 
contents of the file.

Secure empty trash deletes the pointer and overwrites the area that was 
used by the file with garbage. This means nobody can recover the file 
contents.


Pedro
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On Nov 20, 2003, at 10:36 AM, Ray M wrote:

> Hello...
> Here is another stupid question, but what is the difference between 
> empty
> trash and secure empty trash?
>
> ray
>
>
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