There is a "$REYCLE.BIN" folder in my external hard drive; can I delete it?

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What do I need to do?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '11 at 11:44

Personally I would not delete it, I would just disable it for that drive. It won't hurt to have on empty hidden folder on your drive.

Right click on Recycle Bin>Properties and highlight the drive. Then change the "Settings for selected location" to "Don't move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted."

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 23 '11 at 10:02

When you delete file from your external hard drive, it's been gone to some hidden place in your external hard drives. $REYCLE.BIN folder in this circumstances may be the folder contains those files or links to those files. If you can see some files in this folder, I suggest do not delete it. Delete it may be a harmless action, but we don't need to do that, right?

There is a "$REYCLE.BIN" folder in my external hard drive; can I delete it?

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