windows 7 - Recover recycle bin data when deleted data exceeds the bin capacity
2014-04
user287126
My recycle bin was empty. I deleted the 6 GB of data but when I restoring it I get only 4 Gb. How can I recover the 2 GB ??
David Schwartz
Recover from a backup. If the data wasn't important enough to back up when it was easy, it's definitely not worth elaborate heroic measures.
Matthew Brindley
When I delete a file, it bypasses the recycle bin and is deleted permanantly.
I've made sure the recycle bin's "Don't move files to the recycle bin" option is unchecked and it has a maximum size of 25,122MB
Presumably I've changed something at some point, I had a quick google but didn't see anything obvious.
If I drag a (small) file to to the recycle bin, I see the prompt "Are you sure you want to permanently delete this file?", selecting yes deletes the file, skipping the recycle bin.
I'm using Windows 7 (32-bit), build 7100 (7100.0.x86fre.winmain_win7rc.090421-1700)
The drive the OS is installed on is an SSD using the NTFS file system.
greyDrifter
- Have you checked the size of the size of the disk that the recycling bin is allowed to use? Might create a similar effect to deleting a large file.
- When you drag a file over the recycling bin what text comes up? Blue 'Move to Recycling Bin or Orange Alert 'Delete'?
- What build are you using?
Odd, my system doesn't give confirmation of either when dragged even though the box is ticked; but get confirmation on both from the keyboard.
You might wish to keep a copy of recuva until this is resolved.
Diago
It honestly sounds like your Shift key is stuck, as this is the behavior for Shift+Del.
The only other time a file will skip the recycle bin is when you delete of a network drive, or a non-NTFS drive. I am not aware of any other settings that control this behavior.