You certainly wouldn't walk a high wire without a safety net, so why do you store important files on a flash drive, which is one accidental deletion from oblivion ...

Recycle Bin contains all your deleted files so that if you do decide to get them back, all you need to do is restore that item from there. But if you are sure that you don’t need those items back, ...

Some files such as the Thumbs.db file can be disabled in Windows, so if you have a personal PC with Windows on it (ie, VMWare or Parallels), you can set it to prevent caching of thumbnail previews; ...

Google is now adding a new feature on the Chrome OS that will allow users to retrieve automatically and accidentally deleted files or items on one's Chromebook through the "Trash" file system, similar ...

If you’ve accidentally sent a file to the Recycle or Trash Bin, recovering the file is no big deal—simply right-click and restore. The real issue comes after you’ve emptied the recycle bin, but no ...

Microsoft today announced a new Recycle Bin feature on SkyDrive and revealed that an “Excel surveys” feature will be coming in the next few weeks. The software giant says the additions are a result of ...

When is a deleted file really deleted? With Windows Vista, that answer gets complicated. Microsoft recently revealed that Windows Vista would inherit "volume shadow copy" technology from Windows XP ...