Make Your Data Unrecoverable With File Shredders

I’m sure that most of the people are computer literate in present context. Everyone must have at least a little knowledge on computer and a personal computer at home. They have necessary file (word files, ppt slides, images, videos, etc) saved in their PC if these files are required for future. After the files are not needed (means after they have been used and are no longer needed), they are deleted. These files although deleted reside in the recycle bin which I think is known to most of the computer users (unless the space given to the recycle bin is 0% means files are removed immediately when deleted) from where the deleted files can be restored if needed in future. But what if the files are deleted even from the recycle bin (by emptying recycle bin or pressing ‘shift’ key while deleting or as said earlier allocating 0% space to the recycle bin)? What if these deleted files are found to be useful in future? What then?

Well, good news is that these deleted files can be recovered. It may be surprising to know that data even from a formatted hard drive can be recovered. I did a little study and came to know that even though the files are deleted, in actual just the link to the files are deleted, the data still remain in the memory and people who are very good at programming stuffs (with pointers, garbage collection and stuffs like that) can recover those data. There are many third party softwares available that can recover deleted data or data even from a formatted hard drive. But the biggest question that arises from this is about the security of your data. What security does your PC hold if even your deleted data can be recovered? This could lead to leakage of private data which may have disastrous consequences.

In this case, what you need to do is wipe disk completely. Wiping here is the process of overwriting information with random data so as to make it unrecoverable. Sometimes disks need to be wiped or overwritten more than once to make the data unrecoverable. File Shredder can play a vital role in wiping. File Shredder is a computer utility, which helps to wipe files and wipe disk space. It's the safest way to get rid of data on your hard drive. There are many file shredders available in the net. Few very popular ones are Blancco File Shredder, WinShredder File Shredder and Max File Shredder. You can any one that goes with your budget and requirement.