If you are a Ghacks regular you know that deleting files the standard way in Windows does not really remove their contents from the hard drive their have been stored on. Windows merely removes the file information and enables the storage space of the file for writing. With time, other data uses that space so [...]

Categories: Open Source, 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

We all know that it is important to securely delete all files on a hard drive before giving it to someone else. This holds especially true if you plan on selling the hard drive on Internet sites such as eBay. I know that some users buy used hard drives on eBay purely for the thrill of trying to find data that was deleted on that drive. This could get you in a world of trouble if you think of the private information that you save on your computer.

Categories: Operating Systems, Security, Tools, Windows