recycle bin

[pupupoo]

When a recycle bin is emptied on a computer, do the files go somewhere else? I recently emptied my recycle bin, but would like to recover my files. I am aware of the software I can purchase or download, but they have not worked for me.

[ralfso]

When recycle bin is emptied, the place where the files were stored is marked as free. so you only can restore deleted files if this free place isn't overwritten by newer files.
If the downloaded undelete-programs didn't find files which can be restored, your files are gone away for ever.