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When files are deleted from a hard drive, they are typically not immediately removed from the storage medium but instead marked as deleted, making the space they occupy available for new data. The actual data remains on the drive until it is overwritten by new information. This means that with the right tools, it may be possible to recover deleted files until they are permanently overwritten. However, in some cases, particularly with SSDs, the deletion process may involve additional steps like TRIM commands to ensure that the data is no longer recoverable.

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