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Secure delete6/19/2023 Obs: of course, the file that you want to delete, can't be in using. This option is already available on Windows 10. Yes, there are softwares that keep trying to read the same sectors on the disk severall times.īut, as your case, the disk is a SSD, the only way to secure erase the file, really destroying all the data, is reformating it.Īn alternative to this bad solution, preventing this situation, is enabling file-drive encryption. One very good software is ERASER, that have one very good method to total erase the file from the disk, called "Gutmann standard": it´s overwrite the deleted files 35 times. So, you need a software to replace these sector with "nothing" and avoid others user can recovery your deleted files using others softwares. Secure delete: When you delete a file from a HDD, the sector of the disk is marked as unused and not really erased. This way the file'll not be moved to your recycle bin Eraser asks for confirmation to erase the file. Hover over the Eraser command in the pop-up menu and click Erase ( Figure A ). I'm not sure if you want to delete permanently or secure delete from the drive and cannot be recovered anymore.ĭelete permanently: in Windows Explorer, you can select the file and type "shift + del" on the keyboard. Right-click on a file you wish to remove.
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