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Raistlin · 28-03-2008, 11:13

Ok.

If you sell that PC with the drive in it then you have to assume that anything on the drive could be recovered.

You can get a good level of assurance that the contents of the drive have been deleted by using Secure Erase (you need follow the instructions on the site to create a bootable floppy or a bootable CD with it on), but in theory even that isn't perfect.

BTW, Secure Erase is used by certain VERY well known LARGE organisations, to scrub some VERY sensitive data!

28-03-2008, 11:13	#4
Raistlin Inactive Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Services: Depends on the person and the price they're offering Posts: 12,384	Re: Remove Software and File? Ok. If you sell that PC with the drive in it then you have to assume that anything on the drive could be recovered. You can get a good level of assurance that the contents of the drive have been deleted by using Secure Erase (you need follow the instructions on the site to create a bootable floppy or a bootable CD with it on), but in theory even that isn't perfect. BTW, Secure Erase is used by certain VERY well known LARGE organisations, to scrub some VERY sensitive data!