The BIN File format is a rather old file format that has a lot of applications including disc images. The ISO has taken its place in modern software – but there might be some places where you can ...

When you are presented with a document that has a ".bin" file extension, it is a MacBinary file. Designed to preserve the resource and data forks of a Classic Mac OS binary package, MacBinary provides ...

When you delete a file in Windows it is usually not permanently deleted. Instead, Windows moves the file to a special location called the Recycle Bin. First implemented in Windows 95, the Recycle Bin ...

Deleting a file on an SSD isn’t as straightforward as it looks.

Except that the purpose of an app is merely to open a file, which one presumably is the focus of one's attention, whereas the focus of one's attention in driving is presumably neither the car nor the ...

When you delete a file from a removable device, such as a memory card or pen drive, Windows deletes it permanently. However, if you want to keep those files to recover after removing them accidentally ...

Some operating systems modify certain file extensions to denote that the system should "execute" files with a particular extension. All executable files on personal computers are in binary format, and ...

When is a deleted file really deleted? With Windows Vista, that answer gets complicated. Microsoft recently revealed that Windows Vista would inherit "volume shadow copy" technology from Windows XP ...

Andrew Blok covered home energy, with a focus on solar, and navigated the changing energy landscape to help people make smart energy decisions. He's a graduate of the Knight Center for Environmental ...