2006-08-20 03:29:04 · 11 answers · asked by oiseaunoir2002 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Yes, empty trash, use Disk Cleanup, then use Defrag, and those files would be nearly impossible to restore.
If you use the RESTORE or Windows Operating System disk to reinstall your system, and pick the FORMAT option, then reinstall everything, THEN use disk cleanup and defrag, it is even more unlikely that the files could be recovered.
But if you have the most secret things on your computer, that is of national security, then BUST IT UP in to a million pieces.
2006-08-20 03:36:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you delete something the space it occupies is marked as reusable. At some point something else can be written there. Until that time with the correct software the item can be recovered. I have heard that the government is able to recover some data after it is overwritten but I have no idea how. Maybe some residual magnetism is left. You can use a program that writes random bits over and over on the erased data which will delete it entirely.
2006-08-20 03:38:42 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you simply empty the recycle bin, it is not deleted. The file is still on your hard drive only it is marked as free space, so as you use your hard drive it will be overwritten eventually.
Until then it can be easily recovered, if you want it deleted securely you need a program to shred/wipe it, which will overwrite it with random data or selected patterns.
Spybot Search & Destroy (freeware) has a built in file-shredder:
http://www.safer-networking.org/
2006-08-20 03:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-30 21:09:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: In windows, when you delete something from the recycle bin, it simply deletes the registry code for that file. The registry code is what tells the computer where the file is located and that it exists. So if you go into DOS, there's a way to recover anything you've deleted.
However, if you defrag your harddrive, or add new files to your computer before recovering, it could write over that part of the disc that had the thing you deleted. This effectively erases the data you had before.
2006-08-20 03:37:12 · answer #5 · answered by what_m_i_doing 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only way to delete files permanently is to use wiping software.
2006-08-20 03:54:27 · answer #6 · answered by What_Did_You_Expect 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do not have the proper software, then no...There is always that info imbedded on the hard drive.
2006-08-20 03:35:18 · answer #7 · answered by Skeeter63 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no . it is on ur hard drive but when it overwrite then we called YES IT IS REALY DELETED.
2006-08-20 03:34:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. If somebody ever really wants that data, they can get it.
2006-08-20 03:35:47 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Versatile 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
things deleted from your hdd can be recovered unless you shred it with shredding tools (",)
2006-08-20 03:34:34 · answer #10 · answered by danielpsw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋