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Permanently Eliminating Files from Hard Disk

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by faisalmasood 2 views

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I'm selling my home PC to a friend. I deleted my working folders by using
Shift+Delete. I know there are utilities / sotwares which can retrieve the
deleted data. There are softwares claiming to eliminate files forever.
Now my question is which software is good for eliminating files permanently
that were deleted using Shift+Delete? I want to eliminate it in a way that
other softwares can't receover it.

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by q2ggirl

You could always format the HD to make sure nothing gets retrieved. Then use the CD that came with the system to atleast put an OS on the drive.

by mecit

Depending on the make of the drive WD has a program that you can down load for free that will low level format and then write the drive full of 1 and 0. this is what they do after a drive is reconditioned so there is no trace of ANY files left on it.

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