The Recycle Bin is an area in Windows OS that contains files deleted from the:…
2020
The Recycle Bin is an area in Windows OS that contains files deleted from the:
(A) hard drive
(B) Pen drive
(C) CD-ROM
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
- A.
(A) only
- B.
(A) and (B) only
- C.
(B) and (C) only
- D.
(A) and (C) only
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Correct answer: A
Concept
In Windows, the Recycle Bin is a protected staging area that holds items deleted from the computer's local fixed disk so they can be restored later. By design it only intercepts deletions from internal hard-disk drive volumes; deletions made on removable or read-only media bypass it and are not staged for recovery.
Application
Apply this rule to each location named in the stem:
Hard drive: a local fixed disk volume, so a deleted file is moved into the Recycle Bin and can be restored.
Pen drive: a removable USB device, so a deleted file is removed immediately and is not placed in the Recycle Bin.
CD-ROM: read-only optical media, so files cannot be sent to the Recycle Bin from it at all.
Only the hard drive satisfies the rule, so the answer is "(A) only".
Cross-check
Try deleting a file from a USB stick: Windows warns that the file will be permanently deleted rather than moved to the Recycle Bin, confirming that removable media is excluded. The same permanence applies to optical discs, leaving the hard drive as the sole qualifying source.