A computer associated with any organizations can have highly confidential data stored in it. If you want to remove the data completely from computer then deleting the content or formatting hard drive containing information is not enough, for that a file eraser is needed which delete files beyond recovery.
There might be instances where you might want to sell your computer which once stored you important files like financial documents, photos, videos or any other crucial information, and you don’t want this information to be present on hard drive. You might be thinking of formatting the drive or delete the files from computer.
Deleting is a process of removing file from the storage device. There are two ways of deleting files from computer – direct deleting and deleting using key combinations.
Direct deleting is where user deletes files from computer using delete option from computer or delete button from keyboard. In such scenario files end up in recycle bin and user has to empty the recycle bin.
Deleting using key combination is where user deletes files using “Shift + Delete” key, where the file bypasses recycle bin and get deleted.
Do you think that files have been deleted permanently by just using delete option? The answer is “NO”. Because anything which is deleted from computer will be still present there and will be invisible to the operating system. The operating system just deletes the pointer pointing to that location of the file. Deletion of data permanently can be done only by file shedding tools. File shredder works on the concept of overwriting the file. This means that it overwrites that part of the storage space with garbage values and if someone performs file recovery, he / she gets garbage values.
There are many companies which offer file shredding tools with a free trial version. But user is advised to choose the software which flawlessly and permanently removes important data from the computer which ensures that they cannot be recovered back anyway.
Remo File Eraser is one of the best file shredding tool available in the market which efficiently removes the content in such a way that they cannot be recovered in any situation. This tool not only erases data from the hard drive it can also be used to erase data from memory cards, USB drives, external hard drives and other storage devices. This software supports 9 shredding options like – Fast Zero Overwrite, Random Overwrite, US Navy, NAVSO P-5239-26 – RLL, US Department of Defense (DOD 5220.22-M), DOD Standard 5220.28 STD, Peter Gutmann Secure Deletion, North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO standard, German:VSITR and US Department of Defense (DoD 5220.22-M) + Gutmann Method. These shredding options provided by the software are approved by various government and law enforcement agencies. User can choose any of the shredding option to erase his data permanently from storage device. You can download the demo version of this software from official Remo Software website and try it for free. In demo version user can use only the Fast Zero Overwrite, Random Overwrite and US Navy, NAVSO P-5239-26 – RLL.