If you ask Windows users which temporary file cleaning program they use then the chance is high that you get CCleaner as the answer. The popular tool has not lost any of its appeal ever since it was first introduced by its parent company Piriform (I first reviewed the program in 2005). But CCleaner is [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

The best way to protect data on one of your storage devices is to encrypt it. There are several free solutions out there, for instance by using the Open Source encryption software True Crypt, to protect data from unauthorized access. While it is not a problem for tech savvy users like you and me to [...]

Categories: Hardware

It’s always a worry when you get rid of a PC or hard drive that all sorts of personal data could be sitting on it waiting to be stolen.  This is even more important when it comes to business computers. There have always been a huge variety of hard disk wiping packages available from third-parties, [...]

Categories: Tutorials Advanced

Wipe is a free software program for the Windows operating system that scans the computer system for traces that have been generated by automatic usage with the option to delete all or selected temporary files from the operating system. The program is in this regard similar to the popular application CCleaner which provides that functionality [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

System administrators do not have physical access to dedicated servers. These servers are usually hosted by a web hosting company in a secured data center. Most dedicated servers are rented for a certain period of time and then passed on to the next customer. While some dedicated server hosters securely wipe and format the hard [...]

Categories: Security, The Web

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

I delete files most of the time by pressing down the shift key which will delete them immediately without moving them to the trashbin first. It happens from time to time that I deleted a file that I want to recover, sometimes it is because another file depents on the deleted one or it could be that I need to access the information again that was contained in the file. There is unfortunately no direct way to recover the files in windows which means that we have to rely on third party tools to recover lost files.

Categories: Operating Systems, Tools, Windows