Prevent snoops from recovering your erased files

In order to truly ensure no one can recover your data, the drive should be destroyed. There are forensic tools now available that can recover data that's been overwritten several times.

 

Thanks for the link. I grabbed the start up delay

 

They can use electron miscroscopes to peel back magnetic layers one by one.

Far as I know only the NSA would do such a thing considering the costs.

I use PGP whole disc encryption. The sun will go supernova before cracking my password (series of muddied phrases) even with over a million guesses per second.

 

Thanks Rookie...GOOD STUFF MAN!

I've destroyed one hard drive so far.

Always best to do away with them for sure.

 

Used to be in the security biz while in the military. Met the investigator who found a way to recover data that's been overwritten. It's software driven, therefore, very inexpensive.

 

Well Start up delay is hosed

It didn't know the differance between cybercam, and widgets. I promptly removed my widgets LMAO

 

I think that's Encase software. There are also physical means to recover.

 

I downloaded a bootleg version of Encase a few years ago. I was surprised what kind of stuff I found on my HD I thought was gone.