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Where are files in the Recycle Bin stored, in respect of partitions?

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Mar 15, 202637242 views
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I understand that the Recycle Bin is shared amongst local drives (partitions). When a file is "deleted" and sent to the Recycle Bin, does the file itself stay on the partition it was in prior to deletion, or is it moved to a centralised area (say on the drive Windows is installed)? Example: A PC ha…

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Actually, there is a separate \Recycler directory per partition (C:, D:, etc.). So it stays on the same partition/drive. Here is a screenshot from two drives on the same computer. I can now confirm that the behavior is the same when there is only on…

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