Exam 312-49v10 topic 1 question 379 discussion

B. Reboot Windows If the INFO2 file is deleted or becomes corrupted: Upon rebooting Windows, the operating system will automatically rebuild the INFO2 file for any files currently in the Recycle Bin. The file metadata is restored, but if files were removed from the Recycle Bin, their information will not appear in the new INFO2 file.

The INFO2 file is automatically recreated when the Recycle Bin is accessed after a reboot, allowing for the restoration of deleted file records.

C > This file is very important because if INFO2 becomes corrupted or removed, normally anything currently in the recycle bin could be lost lost unless you try to use a piece of data recovery software to get it back. Read More: https://whatsoftware.com/what-is-info2-file-hidden-in-recycled-or-recycler-folder/

Restore the INFO2 file: If the INFO2 file itself was deleted from the Recycle Bin, you can attempt to recover it by restoring it from a backup or using file recovery software. This process depends on whether you have a backup of the Recycle Bin or whether you use file recovery software to restore deleted files. Check if you have a backup of the Recycle Bin. If you do, you can restore the INFO2 file from the backup to its original location. If you don't have a backup, you can use file recovery software to scan the drive where the Recycle Bin is located (usually on the system drive, e.g., C:). The software can potentially recover deleted files, including the INFO2 file, as long as the space it occupied has not been overwritten by new data. --> Use a recovery tool to undelete the file

When a user deletes a file or folder, the system stores the complete path, including the original filename, in a special hidden file called INFO2 in the Recycled folder. If the INFO2 file is deleted, it can be recovered when you use a recovery tool to undelete the file. Therefore, the correct answer is C.