hermetic Data Destroyer

Data Destroyer 8.37 Purges (overwrites) files so they cannot be recovered
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  • Shareware
  • Publisher Name:
  • Hermetic Systems
  • Operating Systems:
  • Windows All
  • File Size:
  • 1.56 MB

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hermetic Data Destroyer Description

Purges (overwrites) files so they cannot be recovered When Windows "deletes" a file it does not actually destroy the contents of the file but rather simply unlinks the file from the file directory system, leaving the contents o the file in the disk sectors. This data will remain there until the operating system uses those sectors when writing new data. Until the old data is overwritten (and this may take months or longer) it can be recovered by programs that read disk sectors directly, such as forensic software (so called because it is used to obtain evidence in criminal investigations and also in legal discovery). In order to be sure that a deleted file really is deleted, gone or good, its contents never to be seen again, it is necessary to overwrite the data sectors o that file. Data Destroyer purges data in files, where "purge" means to destroy, to eliminate completely by overwriting, so that the data cannot be recovered by any means. Data Destroyer allows you to destroy the contents of a file by overwriting it several times (or many times) with random bytes, and with bytes with alternating bit patterns, before the file is deleted (i.e., unlinked). Data Destroyer will check or possible errors in user input, and is designed to minimize the chance o accidentally purging a file that you wish to keep. Another feature o Data Destroyer is that you can get an accurate estimate o the time required to perform a purge operation. A lengthy purge operation may require several hours, or even days, and i you did not have an accurate estimate o the time needed before beginning the operation you might get worried, not knowing how long it still has to run. Data Destroyer will purge either: · A single file. · All files in a folder. · A specified subset of files in a folder. · All files in a folder and all files in all subfolders of that folder. · A specified subset of all files in a folder and in all subfolders of that folder. · All space on a disk. · All unused clusters on a disk. Limitations: · This runs as a trial version which is fully functional except that the 'Wipe disk' unction works only or disks in Drive A and files in multiple folders can be purged only on Drive A. After ten days or twenty program starts (whichever comes first) it becomes a demo version, which is the same as the trial version except that only a single file (not more than 4 KB in size) can be purged in one operation and the type o purge is a single overwrite with random bytes (this is not sufficient to constitute a secure deletion).


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