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Is running an erase tool after an OS install sufficient to ensure no data from the old install is recoverable?
How secure do you consider this process?
A drive has data from a previous OS installation.
A new OS installation is made on the drive, and Heidi Eraser is run on free space.
What are the chances ...
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How to recover securely deleted data
Since we all know files are recoverable with programs after being deleted from the recycling bin, everyone is told to do secure wipes by putting random data over the files you're deleting on the disk ...
