It said it would format the drive, so how can my recycle bin be the same as before I did the restet?
In what way do you mean the same? Same icon, same amount of disk space reserved.....a bit more detail would be nice.
The contents of the bin were the same as before the reset
If the reset did indeed format the drive then the recycle bin would have been wiped, however if you have a multi disk system it could be the recycle bin on another drive who's content you are seeing. The only other explanation is that the reset actually did a refresh (similar to a Windows repair install) which maintains existing user files, the contents of the recycle bin would then likely be preserved..
When it was setting up I had to click 3 separate boxes telling me all my files were going to be permanently deleted. The new system is identical to factory settings, even programs I deleted are back. It was definitely a return to factory image using a Dell partition. It is a multi drive system, one pci and one disc.
If you open the recycle bin and check the contents it should tell you where the files came from, if the original location is C:\xxxx\xxxx (where x is the path) then the reset did not format the drive/ partition. As far as I am aware even OneDrive does not sync recycle bin contents so even if you are logged into a Microsoft linked account it shouldn't have restored deleted items after the reset.
I've deleted it now. Thank you for the assistance.
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Checked properties in recycle bin and apparently the location was indeed on the 2nd HDD.
Each drive will have its own recycle bin, I set mine to delete anything I put in them.
Then remove the recycle bin from the desktop.
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