Does the system use the space on the hard disk which has never been written on, before over-writing the deleted files?
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Suppose the total capacity of the hard disk is 1 TB but the user always uses about 500 GB. While allocating new space, does the system give preference to the never used space or overwrites deleted files on the disk?
If it is the first case, can deleted files still remain on the hard disk for years?
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Suppose the total capacity of the hard disk is 1 TB but the user always uses about 500 GB. While allocating new space, does the system give preference to the never used space or overwrites deleted files on the disk?
If it is the first case, can deleted files still remain on the hard disk for years?
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That depends on the type of filesystem in use.
– Kusalananda
Feb 26 at 10:54
Deleted files can indeed remain on the hard disk for years, as to how the file system allocates space for new files I' not sure, but it's possible that it also depends on the type of storage. With a spinning HDD it will probably be advantageous to just use the free space nearest to the current position of the read/write head, irrespective of whether it's a never used block or if it belonged to a deleted file.
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Suppose the total capacity of the hard disk is 1 TB but the user always uses about 500 GB. While allocating new space, does the system give preference to the never used space or overwrites deleted files on the disk?
If it is the first case, can deleted files still remain on the hard disk for years?
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Suppose the total capacity of the hard disk is 1 TB but the user always uses about 500 GB. While allocating new space, does the system give preference to the never used space or overwrites deleted files on the disk?
If it is the first case, can deleted files still remain on the hard disk for years?
hard-disk disk
asked Feb 26 at 10:46
user2323232323
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asked Feb 26 at 10:46
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asked Feb 26 at 10:46
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asked Feb 26 at 10:46
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That depends on the type of filesystem in use.
– Kusalananda
Feb 26 at 10:54
Deleted files can indeed remain on the hard disk for years, as to how the file system allocates space for new files I' not sure, but it's possible that it also depends on the type of storage. With a spinning HDD it will probably be advantageous to just use the free space nearest to the current position of the read/write head, irrespective of whether it's a never used block or if it belonged to a deleted file.
– devius
Feb 26 at 11:12
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That depends on the type of filesystem in use.
– Kusalananda
Feb 26 at 10:54
Deleted files can indeed remain on the hard disk for years, as to how the file system allocates space for new files I' not sure, but it's possible that it also depends on the type of storage. With a spinning HDD it will probably be advantageous to just use the free space nearest to the current position of the read/write head, irrespective of whether it's a never used block or if it belonged to a deleted file.
– devius
Feb 26 at 11:12
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That depends on the type of filesystem in use.
– Kusalananda
Feb 26 at 10:54
That depends on the type of filesystem in use.
– Kusalananda
Feb 26 at 10:54
Deleted files can indeed remain on the hard disk for years, as to how the file system allocates space for new files I' not sure, but it's possible that it also depends on the type of storage. With a spinning HDD it will probably be advantageous to just use the free space nearest to the current position of the read/write head, irrespective of whether it's a never used block or if it belonged to a deleted file.
– devius
Feb 26 at 11:12
Deleted files can indeed remain on the hard disk for years, as to how the file system allocates space for new files I' not sure, but it's possible that it also depends on the type of storage. With a spinning HDD it will probably be advantageous to just use the free space nearest to the current position of the read/write head, irrespective of whether it's a never used block or if it belonged to a deleted file.
– devius
Feb 26 at 11:12
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That depends on the type of filesystem in use.
– Kusalananda
Feb 26 at 10:54
Deleted files can indeed remain on the hard disk for years, as to how the file system allocates space for new files I' not sure, but it's possible that it also depends on the type of storage. With a spinning HDD it will probably be advantageous to just use the free space nearest to the current position of the read/write head, irrespective of whether it's a never used block or if it belonged to a deleted file.
– devius
Feb 26 at 11:12