Software to ERASE files Completely from PC
- Thread starter commander
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Just by googling hard drive eraser i found quite a few:
http://www.disk-wiper.com/?google
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
and even more. I have never used any but most of them probbably work.
http://www.disk-wiper.com/?google
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/
and even more. I have never used any but most of them probbably work.
Hmm ...
I don't think that he means a whole hard drive eraser because formatting does that job 691175002, i think that he means a file shredder
You can find many on http://www.download.com and spybot search and destroy has one built in, there are many kinds, there are some that seperates it into parts and deletes each of them seperately or the ones that overwrite them several times and then deletes them, making them virtually impossible to recover
Try and see what you like and what you feel is a good program, test all of them out
I don't think that he means a whole hard drive eraser because formatting does that job 691175002, i think that he means a file shredder
You can find many on http://www.download.com and spybot search and destroy has one built in, there are many kinds, there are some that seperates it into parts and deletes each of them seperately or the ones that overwrite them several times and then deletes them, making them virtually impossible to recover
Try and see what you like and what you feel is a good program, test all of them out
cdfreelancer
New Member
I've heard that your hard drive retains an indeleble record of every single file you've ever had on your PC. The police, for example, are alleged to have the technical expertise to recover any single file that has been deleted.
Personally I use McAfee shredder but I'm not entirely sure if even this is 100% safe.
What I would like is a program that completely wipes all previously deleted files without harming any undeleted files.
I don't want to have to reformat my hard drive as I would lose loads of data and it would be a pig to reinstall.
Personally I use McAfee shredder but I'm not entirely sure if even this is 100% safe.
What I would like is a program that completely wipes all previously deleted files without harming any undeleted files.
I don't want to have to reformat my hard drive as I would lose loads of data and it would be a pig to reinstall.
cdfreelancer
New Member
I don't have anything to hide but it hasn't escaped my attention that society is moving into an Orwellian police state. In that kind of emerging surveillance culture, privacy is important.
I absolutely agree that privacy is important but if the computer did ever save a copy of ever single on of your files wouldn't all files that you have deleted be saved as a temporary file in the file format of .tmp?
If it did you can use a temporary file cleaner such as CCleaner which i presonally find it very effective at removing files that do nothing but clog up your computer
It also removes internet history and cookies which you may find very handy if your concerned about privacy
If it did you can use a temporary file cleaner such as CCleaner which i presonally find it very effective at removing files that do nothing but clog up your computer
It also removes internet history and cookies which you may find very handy if your concerned about privacy
Try to use Acronis Drive Cleanser
As I know it gives almost 100% guarantee of completely destruction of data on entire disks
As I know it gives almost 100% guarantee of completely destruction of data on entire disks
dragon2309
P.I Dragon
This tool is free and works a treat, google TuneUp utilities 2004 and download it, it has a file shredder.
cdfreelancer
New Member
What I want to know is can you totally erase all previously deleted files without erasing any files that are presently installed?
I don't want to have to reformat my HD. Too much hassle
I don't want to have to reformat my HD. Too much hassle
cdfreelancer
New Member
Come on guys.