Elaine--Larry--Bill--BevH--Wayne, First, thanks for all the info... Next, A special thanks to Elaine for the heads-up about regular maintenance. It's a reminder that we all need. It's an easy thing to just put off... "I'll do it next time" And, congrats to Elaine on her new gr-granddaughter!! Shalom, NancyT On 3/11/2013 8:44 PM, ETM wrote: > Good answer, Wayne. While people are asking about > this, are people here doing routine maintenance -- > cleaning, compacting, defragmenting? A good batch > of tips can be read at > > http://www.fhsu.edu/ctc/helpdesk/computers/computer-maintenance/ > > Elaine (enjoying a brand new great-granddaughter > born today) > > A man can't be too careful in the choice of his > enemies. --Oscar Wilde > > Hello Wayne > > On Monday, March 11, 2013, you wrote > >> When the "trash" is emptied, the operating >> system overwrites a character or >> two of the title and makes that space occupied >> by the data to be available >> to be overwritten by new files. If you are >> sending files to the trash bin, >> they are held in reserve so you can recover >> them until the trash is emptied. > > >> Even though the file has been made available to >> be overwritten, it can still >> be recovered by using third party utilities >> that may be able to recover all >> or part of the file until it is completely overwritten. > >> Aloha >> Wayne, NH6K > > > ******************** > > Gen-Newbie's website: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 2641/6166 - Release Date: 03/12/13 > >