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2 Post author: MrMind 18 April 2016 07:19AM

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Comment author: polymathwannabe 18 April 2016 03:07:02PM 0 points [-]

I always delete permanently. But every detail is still in my head.

Comment author: entirelyuseless 18 April 2016 06:44:51PM 0 points [-]

I also delete permanently, but I back up with CrashPlan, so anything on my computer for a few days would be backed up automatically.

I've recovered small things occasionally using it, and one occasion even a 1TB hard drive that failed.