Where things go after the recycle bin?

Question

I was told by a friend once that there's a place where pictures go after the recycle bin. I was wondering if this is true and how I would get there.

Answer 1

They don't go aware, they stay on your hard drive, what your computer does is it tricks itself into think they are gone, as if it can't read them anymore. The only time it truly gets deleted is if you computer physically writes over it. You can recover deleted Items by using special data recovery software that can retrieve deleted items.  

Answer 2

Your friend's right, they aren't permanently deleted, unless your format the hard drive which will permanently delete everything.

Answer 3

Technically, they don't go away, delete files to the recycle bin sends them to another fold in the C:\ directory that is hidden, after that, they just stay there, the thing is though, you can't see, you can't touch, but they are still there, what it does it allows the space that that certain file was taking up to be over written by another file. You can get them back, but not unless you want to spend BIG money!!