Visit
www.iolo.com and download System Mechanic. It has
an "Incinerator" utility you can install that permanently deletes
files.
"Appearing as a secondary Recycle-bin type icon in your desktop,
Incinerator is designed to seamlessly integrate with your operating
system, extending it in all areas where secure file removal is applicable.
You can drag single or multiple files and folders to the Incinerator
icon on the desktop or any of the corresponding locations in
Windows Explorer, or select any number of items and right click
with your mouse to access a quick and convenient "Send to Incinerator"
option.
When Incinerator deletes items, it's permanent, and beyond any means
of retrieval, whether software based, mechanical, or electronic.
Incinerator uses higher than Government-strength security when
"incinerating" items, so you can be sure that what you remove is safe
from anyone's prying eyes. In order to ensure such security, Incinerator
uses a variety of time-tested and Government-accepted security methods
including renaming the item to a random value, overwriting it with random
data multiple times (in Incinerator's case, you can overwrite a total of 10 times!),
and truncating the item's length to zero (this makes it impossible to tell where
a file's data starts and stops on your system, thereby preventing manual retrieval
via electromagnetic means)".
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Nicholas
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| When you "Delete" a file, I think only the file record entry is deleted, but
| the file data is still present until overwritten.
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| 1) Is there a way to delete a file permanently ??
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| I know there are some software tools that can do this.
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| 2) Can anyone recommend a tool to permanently erase a file & its data ??
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| 3) Can anyone recommend a tool to check deleted file data on a hard disk ??
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| Thanks
| Jack_S
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