Something consistently emphasized to PC users is the need to delete files properly. This should become common knowledge: Basic deletion of a file does not remove the data, but simply renders it unreadable by the operating system. This is why System Restore can resurrect file data to restore an operating system to a previous time. [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I have been writing about a program called Eraser some days ago which I used to delete all file information that existed on the unused space of my hard drives. I verified the results with a recovery program and found out, that Eraser was indeed deleting all file information of files that had been previously deleted on my computer. The recovery software was not able to detect any files after using Eraser on the hard drive.

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Tools, Windows