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Shred Unwanted Files On Mac To Prevent Recovery Using Incinerator

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If you have a hard copy of a document or form that you never want anyone to see, you can shred it, burn the bits, and scatter them to the four corners of the Earth in hopes that the CSI team never finds them. It’s effective enough for physical documents but when it comes to files on your computer, deleting a file from your hard disk and your trash sounds as if it should be enough to get rid of them. However, these files can still be recovered either by using file recovery apps, or employing people from CSI. We've covered a tip on permanently erasing files from OS X using the Terminal, and where it is sufficient if you seldom need to securely delete files, the method isn't all that convenient for frequent use or if a lot of files are involved. Incinerator is a free app available in the Mac App Store that provides a more effective way to delete your files. It’s a file shredder that gives you free rein to choose how many times a file is shredded. You can choose to keep a dummy copy of the shredded file, or have the app delete it automatically once it’s been shredded. Read More

Permanently Delete Files With More Than 15 Secure Overwrites

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Unwanted documents of a confidential nature should be destroyed permanently to avoid any misuse or a ‘leak-out’ whistle-blower scenario. The Windows delete feature does not sufficiently protect data against recovery and instead, and this loophole is being exploited by file recovery utilities to reverse the deletion process. Specialized data recovery techniques can be used to recover information, which may cause embarrassment and compromise of both the right to privacy and security. Super File Shredder quickly shreds files by overwriting random bits, 15 times using advanced algorithms, making recovery literally impossible. With multi-language support, features like virtual Recycle bin-like shell icon, integration with Windows Explorer and Drop Target Window etc., make this utility extremely useful. Read More

How To Completely Wipe/Erase A Hard Disk Drive [Step-by-Step Guide]

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You may know that when you delete a file, it doesn't actually get removed from the hard disk. This is because, when an OS, including Windows, attempts to delete a file, it removes the pointer or reference to the file, making it inaccessible to user. However, the low-level data recovery applications can still be used to view and restore deleted data from storage mediums. When file is deleted from the system, OS makes the space, which was previously used by that deleted file, available for new data write operations, and if OS doesn't fill that deleted space, data recovery application doesn't take long to fully restore the data from unfilled tracks. Therefore, it's always advisable to perform a multi-cycle shred operation over entire hard drive to prevent data theft. You could use CCleaner and other data shred/disk wipe applications (Secure Wipe, Hardwipe, HDShredder etc, for instance), to permanently delete the data, but file shredding can't be performed over the partition where Windows is installed. In this post, we will discuss how to fully wipe out entire hard disk, and make the deleted data unrecoverable.

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Erase Your Files Permanently With Secure Wipe

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Deleted data is recoverable even after it is removed from the Recycle Bin. Many data recovery software, in fact are designed to recover such data. This poses a potential threat to any confidential information being recovered by a malicious source. For example, you may wish to permanently remove all trace of confidential information before selling your PC or lending it to someone temporarily. Secure Wipe is an application that permanently deletes data from a specified directory or file. It is quite similar to the previously reviewed Moo0 Anti-Recover, however, it provides choosing file deletion parameters unlike the latter. Read More

Permanently Delete Files With Freeraser File Shredder

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Since the Data recovery software are abound and have relative attributes to perform either track-wise or sector-wise recovery for recovering deleted/lost files. What if you’ve been working on some confidential project, which after deletion must not be recovered or divulged in any case? Rather than going for orthodox way of removing confidential project/task files, it is recommended to use File Shredders. Read More

File Killer – Portable Tool To Remove Confidential Files

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We all know that removing a file using the default delete functionality in Windows leaves behind a track which allows powerful recovery tools to recover the data, thus breaching both your privacy and putting confidential data at risk. To solve this problem there are two recommended ways to delete important data; using Eraser and RightDelete, the former having more advanced functionality. Read More

Shred – Permanently Delete Files In Ubuntu Linux

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In case you want to delete some confidential data from your computer just to make sure that it is no longer accessible to anyone, then do not delete the file using the regular rm command because there will still remain a chance that someone might use a software to recover your deleted data before the specific storage area is overwritten by new data. The proper way to permanently dispose of such data in Linux is the shred command. Read More