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08-18-2002, 01:26 AM
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Deleting Stuff
Okay, I know that there are programs that are capable of recovering files that have been deleted... so how do I make sure that when i permanently delete things, they're gone permanently... as in no data recovery program can bring them back?
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08-18-2002, 01:31 AM
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Melt the hard disk until it pours like a liquid.
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08-18-2002, 01:32 AM
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so you want it so that the data cannot be recovered?
I would just delete it and not recover it. The only real way that I know of is to completely repartition the drive. But that may be a little extreme, as it deletes everything. Am i wrong? does repartitioning make things unrecoverable? |
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08-18-2002, 01:38 AM
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Yes, thats correct, I want it so that the data cannot be recovered, by any means, ever... What I am looking for is a program that enables me to remove things from the hard drive, without a trace of them ever. I wouldn't want someone snooping around my hard drive, and recovering things from my recyling bin that could come back to haunt me.
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08-18-2002, 01:59 AM
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By any means, forever? The only way is to physically destroy the drive.
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08-18-2002, 02:02 AM
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Well I don't really want to destroy the drive, I'm not that desperate. Is there any way to encrypt or password protect the entire drive?
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08-18-2002, 11:47 AM
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Any of these programs should do what you need.
http://directory.google.com/Top/Comp...ment/Deletion/ |
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08-18-2002, 08:51 PM
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Thanks for the link.
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