[Leaplist] Can a deleted file be recovered on one's personal computer?

[William Ferguson]

My Op. system is Fedora 11.

What I'm about to describe has happened several times.
I seek understanding of why this problem arises.
I seek information as to whether there's any potential for recovery of
lost data.

When running my Linux Fedora 11 computer there are many occasions when I
send a file to "Trash."

Later, when I open Trash, the file is there and can be expunged.

But here's why I write to the List:
Often, when I open "Trash" after having sent a file to Trash, the file
is NOT in Trash. It has been deleted. Searching the machine
fails to find the lost file.

Today I used "Find" to learn where files about "Subject X" were located.

I created a Folder in my /home/william directory which I named
"Subject X."

I opened both the just-located files screen and the New Subject X folder so that
the the screens were side by side on the screen.
I highlighted those files.

Then I dragged the Subject X files, as a group,  from whatever
location I had found
them in---dragged them, on the screen, as a group, to the new Subject X folder.

The /home/william folder now immediately  showed the addition of all
of the files to the new
/home/william/Subject X Folder.

I thought:  Well, now, these files are now obviously successfully copied to the
/home/william/Subject X  Folder.

Then I closed the /home/william/Subject X Folder.

Then I right clicked the highlighted files screen and chose from the
drop-down menu
"Move to Trash."

I then opened /home/william and scrolled down looking for the "Subject
X" Folder.
No such "Subject X" Folder was found.

I used "Find" again and tried to uncover the whereabouts of "Subject X."
There was no such Folder to be found.
And searching for individual files yielded zero results.

My questions:

How is it that sometimes sending a file to "Trash" works fine---
which is to say ---  the file is found when Trash is opened and may be
reactivated if  desired. ?

But, unhappily, ofttimes the file has been deleted and never appears in
Trash even tho'  consigned to that Folder.

Please teach me what I'm doing wrong.

Is there any possible way that I can recover such LOST files?

I don't remember the details of this next sentence:
In earlier versions of Fedora, I could sometimes find a "Trash"
Folder, I think it might have been in the "tmp" area of the Root
Directory, and the Trashed files could be recovered.

Any guidance you may offer will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

William

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