Sunday, August 2, 2009

Securely Delete Sensitive Files from your computer

Eraser is a free advanced security tool for Windows.
Do you have sensitive personal data on your computer that you want to fully erase?

When you delete files from your hard drive they are not fully deleted, the space is just marked to tell Windows that the space can be overwritten.
With a program like Eraser you can Fully delete your sensitive data.

You can download Eraser for free from MajorGeeks a great trusted site for downloading Freeware and shareware programs.

You can visit the authors site here

Reminder: CCleaner a freeware application that deletes temporary files, which can free up hard-drive space and more, has a secure erasing feature - and can be found at
MajorGeeks

A paid for version for removing unwanted security-sensitive data is
Norton Utilities
Norton Utilities currently costs about $60.00
It includes other utilities like disk fragmenter, start up control and more.
You can also find these Utilities free when downloaded separately.
Check out MajorGeeks or other reputable freeware / shareware download sites.

Other products that erase hard-drive data.
Warning
These are for when you want to sell or get rid of you computer - as they will fully Erase your hard-drive.


Free versions:
Eraser- download from MajorGeeks

DBAN - Darkis Boot and Nuke - download from MajorGeeks

The ones below are paid versions of eraser software:

KillDisk
Killdisk currently is about $60.00

DriveScrubber
Currently DriveScrubber is about $20.00 a year.

More info than you wanted perhaps (or not) bottom line you can securely delete sensitive data.

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