There is no point in sweating over what is essentially a procedure most kindergarten children could've come up with. If you want to make sure your data is totally unrecoverable, then simply overwrite it. That's all any of these data wiping utilities ever do. They just wrap it in a pretty user interface and give you options to overwrite it several times "to make extra damn sure". But overwriting it just once is more than enough to hide the info from all but the richest spy agencies; a multipass overwrite will hide it even from them.johnnyone1 said:It says on the box "meets and exceeds U.S. department of Defence Standards". I'm not sure how reassuring that is.
It's made by a company called iolo technologies in California.
What software could I get to test whether the Drivescrubber 3 is doing its job?
IE: That I could use to try and recover the deleted files?
JohnFK said:With Windows XP, go to IE, Tools, then Internet Options, under General Tab, delete browsing history, cookies and temporary internet files.
Also, go to Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Cleanup and choose the files you want to delete (there are default choices).
Delete manually files in any folder containing adult jpg's etc. Go to Pictures folder.
In IE, go to Favourites, Organize Favourites, then delete your xxx pages saved. You may find the folder containing favourites and choose more than one at a time to delete.
Make sure any files in your recycle bin are emptied or permanently deleted.
Don't forget your emails.
pjoe43 said:I heard the best way to dispose of any old drive you want to make sure nobody gets into is to put in on a concrete diveway then beat it a dozen times with a sledgehammer then pour some gasoline on it and let it burn for a few minutes. Then throw it away.