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From: John John - MVP on 6 Feb 2010 18:49 C wrote: > Percival P. Cassidy wrote: >> On 02/06/10 06:10 am, C wrote: >> >>>> How does a person go about erasing absolutly everything on a hd? Is it >>>> sucessful? I read that you can keep finding stuff, and keep finding it >>>> again. >> >>> The only way to permanently delete data off a hard disk is to destroy >>> the hard disk. Give it a spin in your microwave; run over it with a semi >>> truck; boil it in water; find a large magnet; hydrochloric acid is also >>> good. I'm sure if you use your imagination, you can think of other ways >>> to destroy a hard drive. Permanently delete data and not destroying the >>> hard drive isn't possible with modern forensic techniques. That said, >>> these modern forensic techniques don't come cheap so doing a complete >>> format and reinstalling your operating system should be enough ;:) >> >> You are saying that writing some random pattern of bits in place of >> the pattern of bits that represented a piece of music or an image will >> still leave the original music or image accessible? >> >> I find that difficult to believe. >> >> Perce > > Trust me, forensic techniques can find anything. Urban legends and fairy tales. > Whether you believe it > or not is irrelevant. Research it and you will change your beliefs. Instead of us going on a wild goose chase for the nonexistent please provide us with your research. John
From: amber on 7 Feb 2010 12:12 "dwn >" <dwn <dwnns(a)nonet.net> wrote in message news:hkkhbh029uo(a)news1.newsguy.com... > On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:53:10 +0200, "amber" <amber(a)nospam.microsoft.news> wrote: > > >could someone recommend good utiluty to permanently erase files, i.e. that > >deletes the file, then wipes and removes the data left over. > > > >Thank you. > > Try erase at http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/ > > it's free and does a pretty job too. it also erase anything in the Recycle Bin. --------- thanks a lot. Has anybody tried Sure Delete program? its only 770kB http://www.wizard-industries.com/sure-delete/ Just want to delete personal stuff permanently before leaving a working computer. No to erase all hard drive(there is WipeDrive utility for this).
From: ctowers on 7 Feb 2010 14:07
amber wrote: > "dwn >" <dwn <dwnns(a)nonet.net> wrote in message > news:hkkhbh029uo(a)news1.newsguy.com... >> On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:53:10 +0200, "amber" >> <amber(a)nospam.microsoft.news> wrote: >> >>> could someone recommend good utiluty to permanently erase files, >>> i.e. that deletes the file, then wipes and removes the data left >>> over. >>> >>> Thank you. >> >> Try erase at http://www.tolvanen.com/eraser/ >> >> it's free and does a pretty job too. it also erase anything in the >> Recycle > Bin. > --------- > > thanks a lot. Has anybody tried Sure Delete program? its only 770kB > http://www.wizard-industries.com/sure-delete/ > > Just want to delete personal stuff permanently before leaving a > working computer. No to erase all hard drive(there is WipeDrive > utility for this). > Why pose a question, then ignore the replies? |