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Secure Confidential Data Access After Selling By Wipe Cleanup

Posted On : Sep-20-2011 | seen (340) times | Article Word Count : 376 |

Before selling computer you should wipe harddrive to ensure security of all the confidential information. This application is helpful to erase the information from the system permanently and it can not be restored even by using any recovery software.
Files and folders when deleted from the hard drive then it is immediately send to the Recycle Bin. When Recycle Bin has been emptied though files can not be seen but it is present in the computer system, and these files can be retrieved back easily by making use of third party application.

When system are old and starts showing different types of problem then computer users decides to sell it and purchase a new one. Since, previous computer stores large number of confidential data therefore it becomes important to delete these information so that no one can misuse these files and folders. But unfortunately even after deletion of files from different hard drives it gets stored in the Recycle Bin. Though Recycle Bin can be emptied but at the same time those files can be restored by using third party application. In many cases it have been seen that old users of a computer has come across with theft of confidential information and these data have been misused to get benefits.

Before selling a computer you need to ensure that you have not left important information in the system which may cause problem in case it is comes in the hand of mischievous person. For this you need to complete wipe clean of the hard drive, after this process is completed all the information will be formatted many times and after that it is impossible to restore the deleted files.

After you wipe hardrive the person whom you will sell your old computer will not able to steal any of your documents. This software does not work on formatting the hard drive but on overwriting the memory space of all the deleted files simply. After reformatting the hard drive one can restore the information by making use of advanced software but once a file or folder is overwritten by new files or folders then it is impossible to restore them.

So, if you are planning to sell your computer then you should wipe hard drive for securing confidential information. This application is compatible with all the versions of Mac OSX and Windows therefore you can use it even if you are using Mac OSX.

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Cora Lee Jackson is in IT industry from 5 years. She found wipe harddrive good software to erase the data permanently for security.

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Category : Computers : Software

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