Question about files erased with command-line deletion
Posted: 05 Dec 2013, 03:44
When I delete a file in Windows or Linux from the GUI, be it delete, empty trash, or shift-delete, I can use TestDisk immediately to at least find the file if not outright recover it. But why is it if I delete something from the command-line/DOS prompt, it's likely gone for good?
I ask because I often do a "del *.*", and with a lot of my portable drives (FAT32 flash-drives, or FAT32 USB hard-drives), nothing shows up under recovery software even if I don't re-write over the drive. Is this a "feature" of command-line deletion?
I ask because I often do a "del *.*", and with a lot of my portable drives (FAT32 flash-drives, or FAT32 USB hard-drives), nothing shows up under recovery software even if I don't re-write over the drive. Is this a "feature" of command-line deletion?