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What does "Empty the Recycle Bin" actually do?
In reviewing AVG, CNet states "By default, Windows doesn't actually delete files, even after clearing the Recycle Bin, with the exception of overly-large file sizes.”
That implies that it is like deleting a file from a hard disc - the reference to where that file is on the disc is deleted but the file itself is not and it can still be read malevolently by a disc reader. If that is true for emptying the recycle bin it means that old files could be read by examining something somewhere. RAM is cleared on a restart so the remains would not be there, but the wording of CNet's review implies that old files could still remain in some way. (In the Mac, there is "Secure delete" for the Wastebin, and that offers several levels up to military deletion.)
Therefore, how to remove all traces of a Recycle Bin file; and how to change the "Default" used in their review; and change it to what state?
Thanks.