Darren
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Registered: 21st Apr 02
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Is there any way of deleting certain files so that there is absolutly no way of getting them back?? 
and no, they are not porn 
cheers 
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Marc
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wheres drew 
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Dom
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delete the files from the HD, then write over the whole free space a number of times with random 0s/1s (within a file)....do that about 10 times, then delete the created file....sorted
and yesh there are programs that do this have a butchers on www.downloads.com...theres one called eraser, which is meant to be good
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AdiSRI
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Registered: 1st May 02
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Hes not here soooo
Format c:
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Paul_J
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re-format, fill your hard drive up completely till its totally full - then reformat again... all gone.
since when you delete all it does is say it's now available to be written over, and unless something writes over it, it still remains and is recoverable.
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Darren
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Registered: 21st Apr 02
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dont really wanna format the HD + u can still get stuff back if u format cant ya 
ill have a butchers on download.com 
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
re-format, fill your hard drive up completely till its totally full - then reformat again... all gone.
since when you delete all it does is say it's now available to be written over, and unless something writes over it, it still remains and is recoverable.
aye 
but data can still be recovered...although i think writing over the space about 70 times is what is suppose to be the secure amount...or something like that.
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Drew
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buy new harddrive, copy the stuff ya want
burn the other
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Marc
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What you trying to cover up anyway?! 
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IntaCepta
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probably porn.
just format ur hard drive and over write it.
u only need to overwrite it once, overwrite the WHOLE drive.
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Darren
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Registered: 21st Apr 02
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im now trying to retrive the files and then gonna use eraser to delete them for good
and no its not porn  i edited a mates parking permit and i think the old bill may have sussed something
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by ipswichcorsa
im now trying to retrive the files and then gonna use eraser to delete them for good
and no its not porn i edited a mates parking permit and i think the old bill may have sussed something
not a good idea to post on a public forum mate but thats foony as fook personally mate, i would buy another drive (just a smallish one for time being) copy everything you want across, wack new O/S on it then use that and hide the other until its all clear
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mav
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Paul_J
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that's not much of a crime
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04SXI
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Like every1 has said, even writing over it isnt enough, personally I'd just delete using erasing software. But if the police come knocking introduce your hard drive to a very powerfull magnet ;-)
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Siberia
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just format the drive/partition.
its the C:\ just format and reinstall windows.
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LukeGSi
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quote:
Originally posted by ipswichcorsa
i edited a mates parking permit and i think the old bill may have sussed something
 criminal....im telling
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Darren
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out of interest - just how good are the police systems of getting back deleted files
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Darren
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hi lukey 
(still no wheels  )
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by ipswichcorsa
out of interest - just how good are the police systems of getting back deleted files
some correct me if i'm wrong here.... if the whole drive is formated and windows is reinstalled then there gone for good
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04SXI
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quote:
Originally posted by ipswichcorsa
out of interest - just how good are the police systems of getting back deleted files
In FHM mag a few month back, in the bit where they interview people with interestring jobs, they interviewed the computer cop who has worked on the Gary Glitter casr e.t.c and he said somethin like even if its deleted and wrote over it can still be retreived
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LukeGSi
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Mr Darren
Im all good thanks and sorry but about wheels, you must be sooooo Has car been into bodyshop yet? About your little police problem i very much doubt they would go to that much trouble just for an "amended" parking ticket but better to be safe and all that
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Darren
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Registered: 21st Apr 02
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quote:
Originally posted by born_upsideout
Mr Darren
Im all good thanks and sorry but about wheels, you must be sooooo Has car been into bodyshop yet? About your little police problem i very much doubt they would go to that much trouble just for an "amended" parking ticket but better to be safe and all that
Its a permit - not ticket..i dunno ive been done for this sorta stuff before so i dont wanna take no chances - maybe new HD of ebay
Yesh i am veeeery pissed as im not driving the car till they come as its on steelies and dont wanna fcuk up the skirts etc.. its in bodyshop at mo - picking up saturday
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Darren
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this hard drive will be suitable wont it for xp??
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=16178&item=4130913197&rd=1
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5door_jon
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theres a program that comes as part of norton utilities cant remember what its called but it erases all free space to US goverment specs. called "norton wipe" or something like that
the other way is instead of format c: find out who makes your hard disk and get the utility disk off there website then on the disk there should be a utility for "low level formating" this writes zeros to the drive in effect re-setting it. after this you will have to format it in windows or dos etc
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