Does Image for Windows Include the Recycle Bin
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Does Image for Windows Include the Recycle Bin
...when imaging drives? It doesn't look like it does from the images I checked. But if it does, is there a Windows command I can use to emplty the recycle bin completely before imaging begins?
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Re: Does Image for Windows Include the Recycle Bin
Why do you think the Recycle Bin is not included.
I have a folder $RECYCLE.BIN in each partition in my backups which I think contains the contents of the Recycle Bin for the partition.
I use erase x:\$Recycle.bin\* /s /f /q on each partition before imaging begins.
I have a folder $RECYCLE.BIN in each partition in my backups which I think contains the contents of the Recycle Bin for the partition.
I use erase x:\$Recycle.bin\* /s /f /q on each partition before imaging begins.
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Re: Does Image for Windows Include the Recycle Bin
No, I know the recycle bin folders are included. My question was whether files discarded to the recycle bin prior or imaging were also captured in the image. Based on my examination of several of my images I don't think they are. This is important to me because I delete a lot of stuff--temp files, logs, back up files and web browser caches--just before imaging to make my images smaller. But thanks for the Erase command syntax.
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Re: Does Image for Windows Include the Recycle Bin
My Recycle Bin contained a few files which had been deleted from partition E:.
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That implies to me that the Recycle Bin contents are included in the backup.
I'm not certain that I yet understand the original question though.
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- Created a backup of E:
- Emptied the Recycle Bin
- Restored the backup to E:
That implies to me that the Recycle Bin contents are included in the backup.
I'm not certain that I yet understand the original question though.
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Re: Does Image for Windows Include the Recycle Bin
OK. Thanks for the info. My Recycle Bin may h ave been clean because I deleted files too big to store in the Recycle Bin. I'll retest.