Delete Files Forever

Delete files forever

I have a very confidential file on my hard drive, which I don’t want to share with anyone. I want to delete it permanently, without leaving any chances of it being recovered. Apart from this confidential file, I have other important stuff which I do not want to lose. Is there a way to securely delete this file without wiping the whole drive? Please suggest.

Your hard drive stores every file you  delete, until the disk space occupied by it  is not overwritten. Most people are of the fallacy, that once they delete files and empty the Recycle Bin, the deleted files are completely wiped out from their PC. It’s not true. When you delete files from a drive on your PC,  the contents of these files are not wiped out from the drive , but only the ‘references’ to these files, from files system,  is deleted. The contents of all deleted files remain on the disk, and can be easily restored using any recovery utility.

Everything from your private documents, movies, music you downloaded and emails – all information can be easily recovered. Furthermore, deleted files are easily recoverable even if you have formatted your hard drive. Hence  your confidential information might be at risk, even after deletion.

Remo File Eraserr provides nine different shredding methods, based on different security standards approved by various government agencies like U.S. Police department, U.S. Department of Defense, and, standards approved by many other governments around the globe.

The software provides various other Shredding options, like Confirmations, passwords, scheduler, etc. The software also lets you shred free space, so that all your deleted files are also shredded completely.Try it now!

A full drive erasure would certainly do the trick, but it’s not a good option if you are getting rid of just one file or folder. Remo File Eraser lets you shred a single file, a complete drive and even lets you wipe free space without any chance of recovery.

Remo File Eraserprovides nine different shredding methods, based on different security standards approved by various government agencies like U.S. Police department, U.S. Department of Defense, and, standards approved by many other governments around the globe.

The software provides various other Shredding options, like Confirmations, passwords, scheduler, etc. The software also lets you shred free space, so that all your deleted files are also shredded completely.Try it now!

Follow the steps mentioned below to use Remo File Eraser to securely erase your confidential file.

Step 1: Launch the software

Launch the software either by selecting the program from the Start Menu, or by double clicking on the desktop shortcut. Once the Remo File Eraserr software is launched, it starts loading the drives on the left tree pane, as shown in Figure a.

Figure a: Application Main Window

Step 2: Select the file(s) for shredding

All the contents of the drive are listed in the left pane of the main window. Select the drive that contains the file(s) to be shredded. After selecting the files to be shredded, double click on them to add them into the shredding zone, or drag and drop them into the shredding zone. The application adds the selected file(s) into shredding zone as shown in Figure b.

Figure b: Select file(s) for shredding

Step 3: Selection of shredding methods

Remo File Eraser provides nine different shredding methods that the user can choose from. To select the shredding methods, click on the Shredding Options button in the toolbar. This drops down the different shredding methods, and the user has to select any one of these methods, as shown in Figure c.

Figure c: Selection of shredding method

Step 4: Shred the file

Once you select the shredding method, click on the Shred file(s) and folder(s) button. The files in the shredding zone will be overwritten by different patterns depending on the shredding method selected. Once the process is completed, a message pops up intimating the same as shown figure d.

Figure d: Shredding complete