You're having trouble finding a certain file on your Windows PC and you have a hunch you may have deleted it. We've all been there. But rather than moan and groan, you can try to recover it. Assuming ...

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I am trying to fix an HP Pavilion A610E, running WinXP SP3. The Recycle Bin icon on the desktop shows that there are files in it, and when I right-click it, it does give me the option to empty.

I have a HDD that was used as an external backup drive on a laptop that no longer exists. I'd like to check what's in the Recycle Bin on that drive, but nothing seems to show up when I go to Recycle ...

Some files such as the Thumbs.db file can be disabled in Windows, so if you have a personal PC with Windows on it (ie, VMWare or Parallels), you can set it to prevent caching of thumbnail previews; ...

You certainly wouldn't walk a high wire without a safety net, so why do you store important files on a flash drive, which is one accidental deletion from oblivion ...

A lot of valuable financial information is stored in your QuickBooks folder. If you accidentally delete the entire QuickBooks folder or just some of the files contained within the QuickBooks folder, ...

Any time you delete a file in Windows, it goes straight to the Recycle Bin. These deleted files sit in the Recycle bin until it reaches their preconfigured maximum size limit (or until the user ...

It is an unfortunate rite of passage, but if you are a computer user, the odds are very likely that you have accidentally deleted one or more files from your system. In some cases, this is only a ...

Microsoft today announced a new Recycle Bin feature on SkyDrive and revealed that an “Excel surveys” feature will be coming in the next few weeks. The software giant says the additions are a result of ...