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by nztwig

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I accidentally deleted a microsoft word file today (<50kb) using Windows Explorer. No problem I thought, I'll just retrieve it from the recycle bin. But, the file's not there. The recycle bin is NOT set to remove files immediately. Does Windows XP have two recycling bins? Any light that can be shed on this enigma would be most appreciated.

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by bizintelligence

If you delete anything from network drive (network drive is a drive which is mapped to a folder on Server) then you wont find it in your recycle bin.

Or

If you have pressed shift key and del together then also you wont get anything.

As size was <50KB then we can eliminate size error.

Cheers !

by nztwig

Hi, and no, it's not a networked drive; it's a stand alone PC...

by nztwig

No, I don't use the shift key for deletions Jacky, but thanks for the website info links- I'll chase them up later tonight

by deadly ernest

have to set Explorer to display system and hidden files or it just won't show in the folder. Also, you have to open the Recycling Bin for the drive it was on when you deleted it, if you have more than one drive.

by nztwig

No, my system is set to show all system and hidden files. Yes, I have more than one drive, (C:; a partitioned D: drive plus a separate hard drive - G:. The recycle bin is set to use one setting for all drives

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