Saturday, November 24, 2007

Deleting data from the your PC

What your Operating System does when you request for deleting data?Is the permanent deletion, Is really a Permanent deletion of your data? Then what does your Operating system do when you request to erase the data beyond recovery...Let’s understand what is Deletion?Our operating system, provides us with two type of deletion i.e. Temporary Deletion Permanent DeletionTemporary DeletionWhen we simply delete a data, by Delete Button, or by Selecting a file with Right click and then selecting delete option from the popup menu. Both of the procedure will remove the file from the specific location and send it to Recycle Bin. This method is called as Temporary deletion, as this files can be restored from the Recycle bin.Permanent DeletionWhen we delete a file or folder using Shift + Delete. This method is called as Permanent deletion of data. This files is not recoverable according to your operating system. Is this True? If not, then why?No, you can recover this data very easily with many undelete utilities available in the market. Like Stellar phoenix deleted file recovery. Lets answer this question why this file is recoverable. When we do Shift + Delete, the operating system simply flags that file as deleted. And this file / folder does not appear in the recycle bin, however the data is still present in your hard drive.What wiping software does? Such that the data is beyond recovery!Let me answer this question by taking an example of a Wiping tool i.e. Stellar WipeCheck out what this software doesStellar Wipe 3.0 is a comprehensive solution to maintain your computer privacy by wiping worthless yet sensitive information off your system, beyond data recovery.All your on & offline activities are recorded by your computer, whether it is the >> Temporary internet files>> Cookies>> History>> Typed URL’s>> Recently opened documents, etc. The utility destroys data from already-erased files, the traces of which might still be present on your hard disk, in the Trash folder, Windows Registry or in the unused hard disk areas.Stellar Wipe is a simple yet powerful and effective data cleansing software. Apart from deleting selected files and folders, Wipe is also capable of deleting an entire drive, cleaning unused pace on your hard disk and also removing Internet and System traces from your computer. It also ensures complete data destruction by removing previously deleted files/folders. Extremely secure algorithms which conform to the US Government DoD standards are used to ensure permanent data deletion. It is thus a complete solution for computer privacy.The software is menu driven, simple to use with an intuitive interface, and requires no prior technical skill.What’s Fundamental of Data Wiping software?These software actually overwrites on the data area, with junk data, with number of complex algorithm’s. Stellar wipe uses the following algorithm’s to erase the data.  Zeroes Pseudo-random Pseudo-random & Zeroes DoD 5220.22-M (3 passes) DoD 5200.28-STD (7 passes) Russian Standard - GOST B.Schneier's algorithm (7 passes) German Standard, VSITR (7 passes) Peter Gutmann, (35 passes) US Army AR 380-19 (3 passes) North Atlantic Treaty Organization - NATO Standard US Air Force, AFSSI 5020So next time, when you want to delete some critical data to beyond recovery, then use some wiping tool, to erase your data completely. Like Stellar Wipe.
By Andrew Watson
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