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deleting files permenantly
how do you permanently delete files from your computer?
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deleting files permenantly
Use shift delete. This will delete files rather than place them in the
waste bin. -- Mike Maltby no1slevin u23393@uwe wrote: how do you permanently delete files from your computer? |
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Hi no1slevin
If by "deleting files permanantly", you mean rendering them "unrecoverable", you need a file shredder and/or multi pass over-writer. Google for file shredders and see what you get. Mike M's answer is basically correct, although this method will only remove the location of the files from your HDD's file catalogue. There are file recovery applications out there that can be used to try, with varying degrees of success, to recover deleted files. Shredding overwrites those parts of the HDD with random data thus rendering them effectivly unrecoverable. Sorry to poke my nose in and "correct" your answer Mike :-) -- Delboy A common mistake that people made when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams "no1slevin" u23393@uwe wrote in message news:623f3bf638df9@uwe... how do you permanently delete files from your computer? |
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