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Active@ KillDisk User's Guide
1.2 Wiping Confidential Data from Unoccupied Drive Space
You may have confidential data on your hard drive in spaces
where data may have been stored temporarily. You may also have deleted files by
conveniently using the recycle bin and then emptying the recycle bin. While you
are still using your local hard drive, there may be confidential information
available in these unoccupied drive spaces.
Wiping the logical drive’s deleted data does not delete existing
files and folders. It processes all unoccupied drive space so that data recovery
of previously deleted files becomes impossible. Installed applications and
existing data are not touched by this process.
When you wipe unoccupied drive space, the process is run either
from DOS or drive is being locked under Windows before wiping starts. As a
result, the process does not depend on
Windows system caching and
deleted
Windows system records can be
wiped clean.
KillDisk wipes unused data residue from
file slack space, unused
sectors,
unused space in MTF records
or root records.
Wiping drive space can take a long time, so perform this
operation at a time when you are prepared to wait. For example, it is a process
that can be run overnight.
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