For a while now I received an error message whenever I tried to run the file deletion software Eraser. Eraser, which I reviewed in 2005 for the first time here on Ghacks (see Securely Delete Files), can delete files so that they are not recoverable anymore on the system. When you delete files regularly in [...]
- Author: Martin Brinkmann
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Disk Wipe Software Prevent Restore
Making sure that files cannot be recovered after they have been deleted is an essential task in several situations. It is for instance important to prevent data restoration before giving the storage device away or selling it to third parties. It is a privacy issue and some computer users do schedule these disk wiping tasks [...]
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Secure Erase Files With Blank And Secure
It is sometimes necessary to ensure that files cannot be recovered by normal means. This can for instance be important before selling a hard drive on eBay, installing confidential software on a third part computer (and erasing it afterwards) or after downloading stuff on the Internet that you do not want anyone to find out [...]
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Erase Files
Prevent Restore is a software for Windows that can wipe the entire free space of a hard drive to erase files that might be recoverable otherwise. It has many similarities to another file eraser that goes by the name Eraser. Why would someone walk the extra mile and erase files that already have been deleted [...]
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Securely Delete Files
Only the pointer to the file is deleted when you opt to delete a file in windows. The whole file still exists on your harddisk and its possible to recover it using the right tools. You probably have some files where you want to make sure that the file is deleted and not recoverable at all.