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How to wipe data clean from your hard drive
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Friday July 10, 2009
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Friday July 10, 2009
You may
erase a file
and you think it's gone, but it really isn't. You mayformat the hard drive
and believe that everything is gone, but again it's really not. All that's really happened is you've flagged the space on your hard drive where the file(s) used to reside as over-writable. If you want to be really sure you have tocompletely wipe a disk clean
before you give it away. Here's how to do just that.Download this episode now
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- When you
- When you
- A person with sufficient knowledge could gather a lot of information from erased files, including the complete files.
- A knowledgeable person could also get information from a formatted drive.
- The only way to ensure that your files are completely gone is to
- Wiping totally obliterates a file so it can not be recovered.
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- Programs that
- We caution you to always read the documentation so you don't wipe data you want to keep.
- Here are some programs that clean drives and files in a variety of ways.
- Active@ Eraser
- DriveScrubber
- Acronis Drive Cleanser
- 12 Ghosts Shredder
- R Wipe&Clean
- Pay attention to the different erasing methods.
- Methods that overwrite the data multiple times are slower, but are most secure.
- Erasing types that display "DoD" which stands for "Department of Defense" are generally very secure.
- For basic needs you can use a wiping method that's faster and less secure.
- Before you give away a computer and/or hard drive, be sure to wipe the drive with appropriate software.
- There are wiping programs available for Mac and Linux as well.
erase a file
it really isn't gone the system simply can't easily find it any longer.- When you
format a hard drive
there is still trace data left on it.- A person with sufficient knowledge could gather a lot of information from erased files, including the complete files.
- A knowledgeable person could also get information from a formatted drive.
- The only way to ensure that your files are completely gone is to
wipe your drive and/or files clean
.- Wiping totally obliterates a file so it can not be recovered.
-
Wiping a hard drive
before you give a computer away makes certain no one can recover anything from your drive.- Programs that
wipe drives
write over your old data multiple times so it can't be recovered using any method.- We caution you to always read the documentation so you don't wipe data you want to keep.
- Here are some programs that clean drives and files in a variety of ways.
- Active@ Eraser
- DriveScrubber
- Acronis Drive Cleanser
- 12 Ghosts Shredder
- R Wipe&Clean
- Pay attention to the different erasing methods.
- Methods that overwrite the data multiple times are slower, but are most secure.
- Erasing types that display "DoD" which stands for "Department of Defense" are generally very secure.
- For basic needs you can use a wiping method that's faster and less secure.
- Before you give away a computer and/or hard drive, be sure to wipe the drive with appropriate software.
- There are wiping programs available for Mac and Linux as well.
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