Wipe Free Space : Wipe Free Disk Space

Why you should wipe free space

If you delete files using the 'Delete' button, it doesn't really delete files from your hard disk, removable disks, USB-flash drives, memory sticks, flash memory cards, picture cards, etc. This operation just removes the reference to the file but file still exists and can be recovered.
To protect your privacy you should wipe free space (wipe disk free space) to ensure that previously 'deleted' files cannot be recovered.'Free space' is the area on your hard drive, USB-flash drives, flash memory cards, picture cards, etc where all the previously deleted files are stored until they are overwritten by other information.

How to wipe free disk space

To wipe free space (wipe disk free space), you should use special wipe free space software Delete Files Permanently
Using Delete Files Permananely you can use any of the 14 built-in wiping schemes (including Peter Gutmann, Bruce Schneier, US Department of Defense DoD 5220.22-M(ECE), US Department of Defense DoD 5220.22-M (E) and others) or create you own wiping scheme to wipe disk free space.

Delete Files Permanently - wipe free space with one click overwriting any previously deleted files.
With Delete Files Permanently you can permanently delete files from your computer hard drive, removable disks, USB-flash drives, memory sticks, flash memory cards, picture cards, etc beyond recovery. You can easily select the pattern of bits as well as the number of times the data will be overwritten.

With Delete Files Permanently you can:
Wipe free space on laptops
Wipe free space on PCs
Wipe free space on removable drives
Wipe free space on memory cards
Wipe free space on USB-flash drives

Tuesday, March 9, 2010