Corrupted Recycle bin after installing SSD


  1. Posts : 360
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       #1

    Corrupted Recycle bin after installing SSD


    The Toshiba Satellite laptop boots up fine after converting from HDD to SSD . After several restarts, I suddenly get the message "Windows Recycle bin is corrupted etc " I deleted the items but the message wont go away .

    Finally after a search , I ran at elevated command "rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin " it returned 2 items in $recycle.bin folder. I checked and indeed there were two items : Recycle Bin and a folder S-1-5-18 . After a reboot , the problem went away but some time later the problem reappeared.

    I ran the sfc scannow routine and it returned no errors . I ran the command
    "rd /s /q C:\$Recycle.bin " again shut down the computer for the night .

    I booted up the computer this morning and the computer ran fine with no errors . I shut down and restarted several times and it's error free .

    What do you think went wrong? If the problem return , how best to fix? Is it safe to delete the $Recycle.bin folder and let windows rebuild it ? I read that this is an alternate method but not sure of the correct procedure .

    Thanks
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  2. Posts : 68,676
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       #2

    Hello sportflyer,

    It's perfectly safe to delete as needed the $Recycle.bin folder of the drive that has a corrupted Recycle Bin.

    Fix Corrupted Recycle Bin in Windows | Tutorials

    There's a number of things that could cause a corrupted Recycle Bin though. If it happens often, then you might check the health of your hard drive to see if that may be the issue.

    Drive Error Checking in Windows 10 | Tutorials
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  3. Posts : 360
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    Thread Starter
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    Brink said:
    Hello sportflyer,

    It's perfectly safe to delete as needed the $Recycle.bin folder of the drive that has a corrupted Recycle Bin.

    Fix Corrupted Recycle Bin in Windows | Tutorials

    There's a number of things that could cause a corrupted Recycle Bin though. If it happens often, then you might check the health of your hard drive to see if that may be the issue.

    Drive Error Checking in Windows 10 | Tutorials
    OK. If it happens again I will delete the $Recycle.bin folder .

    SSD health should be good since this is a new Samsung 500Gb drive. But I will check anyway if needed.

    Tks
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  4. Posts : 68,676
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    The SSD should be fine then. It's most likely something just got corrupted.
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  5. Posts : 360
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    Thread Starter
       #5

    Delete $Recycle.bin and all permissions . What does deleting all permissions mean? How to do this Tks
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  6. Posts : 4,224
    Windows 10
       #6

    Don't think you need to worry about permissions on the Recycle Bin. You already did the right thing with the
    Code:
    rd /s /q C:\Recycle.bin
    text. I've never run into permission issues related to the Recycle Bin. Where did you see this?
    HTH,
    --Ed--
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  7. Posts : 68,676
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #7

    Correct. No need to worry about permissions.

    Fix Corrupted Recycle Bin in Windows | Tutorials
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  8. Posts : 360
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    Thread Starter
       #8

    EdTittel said:
    Don't think you need to worry about permissions on the Recycle Bin. You already did the right thing with the
    Code:
    rd /s /q C:\Recycle.bin
    text. I've never run into permission issues related to the Recycle Bin. Where did you see this?
    HTH,
    --Ed--
    I saw the permissions deletion when I did a Google Search for Corrupted Recycle bin. Glad to know its not needed.
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  9. Posts : 4,224
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       #9

    Me, too! Thanks for the explanation.
    --Ed--
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