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Properties of The Recycle Bin for Small Hard Drives
The properties of
the Recycle Bin might not concern you as much if you
have a very large hard drive. Hard drives with very
large storage capacity are becoming more affordable.
However, many people still use relatively small hard
drives with limited storage space and this information
could be very beneficial for them.
I would even venture to say that it
truly does not matter how much space you have on your
hard drive, the Recycle Bin will come into play at one
time or another.
Files are deleted on purpose or by accident.
The amount of space you allow for your Recycle Bin can
make the difference between being able to retrieve those
files or not. If you have allowed adequate space for
the Recycle Bin you can retrieve a file that was accidentally
deleted. To retrieve a deleted file, open the Recycle
Bin, locate the file deleted, click on the file you
want to undelete and from the File Menu, click Restore.
Deleted documents or files will remain
in the Recycle Bin until you clean out the Recycle Bin
or until Windows claims that space for newly deleted
files.
Windows automatically sets aside 10%
of your hard drive as storage space for the files or
folders that are deleted and sent to the Recycle Bin.
This means that if you have a 1000 MB hard drive, then
100 MB will be used by the Recycle Bin.
If your hard drive is low on space and
you do not create very large documents, you might want
to reduce the size of the Recycle Bin and increase the
available space on your hard drive.
To set the properties of the Recycle
Bin, right click the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop
and click on Properties.The Recycle Bin dialogue box
will open up.
The top radio button will allow you
to configure each of your hard drive separately. The
second radio button creates one rule for all your drives.
You will notice an option to delete files without storing
them in the Recycle Bin. There is a security feature
that will ask you to confirm the deletion. The slider
control allows you to set the amount of space you want
reserved for the Recycle bin. By moving the slider control
you can either reduce or increase the size of the Recycle
Bin. There is also a check box that you can check or
uncheck to prevent or activate the delete confirmation
message from appearing at deletion time.
By using these different controls, you
can set your Recycle Bin according to your needs and
according to the size of your hard drive. If you work
on smaller documents you might want to reduce the size
of the Recycle Bin. If, on the other hand, you work
on database, video or graphic files, it might be a good
idea to increase the size of your Recycle Bin to accommodate
an accidental deletion.
You need to weigh your need for hard
drive space and the safeguarding of accidental deletion
of files. Remember, if your Recycle Bin is full, Windows
will delete older deleted files to make room for newly
deleted files in the Recycle Bin.
To get more information about the Recycle
Bin, go to Online Help. Click the Start button, click
Help, click Search and type in Recycle Bin. You will
then be able to read about shortcuts, how to retrieve
deleted files and much more.
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