Why shouldn’t there be a recycle bin for your USB drive like there is in Windows? If you have been wanting a safety net when deleting files from your USB drive, iBin can help you.
Download iBin from http://www.autohotkey.net/~FirstToyLab/index.htm.
Installing iBin
Like other portable software programs, iBin does not need to be installed. Unzip the downloaded file to your USB drive and run the iBin.exe file. A dialog box displays informing you that iBin needs to be initialized and the path to the container for the deleted files.
Click OK. If you see a second dialog box, click OK on that one as well.
Deleting a File
When you delete a file or folder or multiple files or folders, iBin displays the Confirm Data Erasing dialog box asking you what you want to do with the file(s) and folder(s).
To delete the file into the “recycle bin,” click Dump into iBin. The file is placed in the iBin folder created on you USB drive. To permanently delete the file, as if iBin was not operating, click Erase it.
You can also Cancel the operation.
Dumping Management
All of the files that have been deleted into the “recycle bin” are listed in the Dumping Management dialog box. To access this dialog box, right-click on the iBin icon in the system tray and select Dumping Management from the pop-up menu.
The Dumping Management dialog box is like the Recycle Bin in Windows with the Detail view.
Select files just as you would in Windows Explorer, or click Select All, and use the buttons at the bottom to permanently delete the selected files (Clear data selected button) or to restore the selected files (Recycle Data Selected button).
Setting Your Options
To set the preferences for iBin, right-click the iBin icon in the system tray and select Custom Options from the pop-up menu.
Use this dialog box to specify the default button on the Confirm Data Erasing dialog box in the Delete Action box.
The Restoring Data Conflict box allows you to indicate the action to be taken when restoring a file causes a conflict.
Specify how much space the iBin folder should be allowed to use in the Space Limit box. Use the slider to select 1% to 50% of your USB drive space.
If you want the iBin folder to be cleaned out automatically, select an option in the Auto-Cleaner box. If you want to permanently delete the files yourself, select Manually.
If you want iBin to start up automatically every time your USB drive is connected to a computer, click the Set a start up command in F:\Autorun.inf button. Note that the drive letter will match the USB drive on your computer.
Select the methods for erasing and whether to activate the hotkeys in the Erasing Methods box.
Click Save when you are finished setting your options. For more information about iBin and how to use its features, see
http://www.autohotkey.net/~FirstToyLab/project_iBin_user_guide.htm.
by Lori Kaufman
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