Is there a way to truly delete all deleted files?
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00:00 Is There A Way To Truly Delete All Deleted Files?
00:22 Accepted Answer Score 16
00:30 Answer 2 Score 1
00:46 Answer 3 Score 9
00:58 Answer 4 Score 16
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00:00 Is There A Way To Truly Delete All Deleted Files?
00:22 Accepted Answer Score 16
00:30 Answer 2 Score 1
00:46 Answer 3 Score 9
00:58 Answer 4 Score 16
01:32 Thank you
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ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 16
You want to choose the wipe free space option.
ANSWER 2
Score 16
No need for additional software.
Drop into a command prompt and use the built-in CIPHER command.
cipher /w:C:\
- Quit all programs.
- Click Start, click Run, type cmd, and then press ENTER.
- Type cipher /w:driveletter:\foldername, and then press ENTER. Specify the drive and the folder that identifies the volume that contains the deleted data that you want to overwrite. Data that is not allocated to files or folders will be overwritten. This permanently removes the data. This can take a long time if you are overwriting a large space.
ANSWER 3
Score 9
Actually CCleaner should do it with Gutmann secure file deletion and "wipe free space drives" enabled!
ANSWER 4
Score 1
Keep using your PC. After, say, a week, there'll be nothing left to recover. The only times when recovering is really, really effective is when people get their hands on drives that were just quick-reformatted and then sold, nothing else done to them.