2006-06-12 02:36:06 · 11 answers · asked by ciffybiro 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Try a program called 'Shredder' from Norton, or do a search for 'File deletion software'. I'm assuming you know that if you just hit 'delete' the file really isn't gone, and I'm also assuming you want them to truly be gone.
If you just want to erase everything, and don't care if it can be recovered (no sensitive files, etc.) just format your drive.
Please note that this will ERASE EVERYTHING and it will NOT BE RECOVERABLE
2006-06-12 02:40:31 · answer #1 · answered by albert_acanada 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using Evidence Eliminator
You have to pay for it but its te kind of software that the police and military use.
It deletes the files several times over and also rights over the sectors on the hard drive so the file would be very hard to piece it back together.
2006-06-12 10:55:53 · answer #2 · answered by Halucinagenic 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You dont want to trust any software for removing files off your system and before you do remove any backup your drive as the files you remove may corrupt your system. what files are you trying to get rid of?
2006-06-12 03:04:54 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes...there's many programs out there that will Completely wipe all information off of a HD...Systems Mechanic is one of many that can do this...Even if you format the HD, the information is still on there...so you need a program that will overwrite the disk at least 6-8 times for the information to become unretreavible...
2006-06-12 02:41:58 · answer #4 · answered by MUff1N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends what you mean by completely. shred in linux will remove and zero, but for the most part people dont bother because just deleting a file means that it will get overwritten later on when HDD space is used
2006-06-12 08:20:50 · answer #5 · answered by Chris 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Newer pc's have two hd's, one just for wiping everything off the main one and reinstalling the OS and it works usually by pressing something like F8 at startup I think
Dinosaurs (like mine lol) have to be fdisked & formatted manually :) Hope that helps!
2006-06-12 02:42:29 · answer #6 · answered by ~Donna~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know a specific program, but check download.com, they'll probably have something there. If they don't, using a large amount of disk space will keep anything but text files too scrambled to recover.
2006-06-12 02:43:35 · answer #7 · answered by durnik_5 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes you can reformat the drive to erase the whole drive entirely...or you can go to add/remove programs and select what you want deleted. check out www.tech1repair.com they offer great computer advice for free
2006-06-12 02:47:38 · answer #8 · answered by Ronin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton Utility can wipe your deleted files clean to unrecoverable stage if that's what you are asking.
2006-06-12 02:40:48 · answer #9 · answered by I don't know 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes uninstaller is the best solution its also safe to remove files from computer.
2006-06-12 02:40:30 · answer #10 · answered by rohit148in 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋