Is there a workaround? Edited February 7, by shorterxp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options Posted February 9, Posted February 10, Can someone explain how the previous two links are relevant? Tripredacus Posted February 10, Posted February 11, Posted February 13, Thanks for the solutions. I got it to work in the end. Posted February 14, edited. WalksInSilence Posted February 14, Posted February 14, Posted February 18, Posted February 19, Tripredacus Posted February 19, Create an account or sign in to comment You need to be a member in order to leave a comment Create an account Sign up for a new account in our community.
Register a new account. Sign in Already have an account? Sign In Now. Once the application is ready to reboot, it prompts to restart and backup data. Click " OK " button and computer reboots. Select computer's system hard drive where Windows is installed and click " Erase Sectors " option which can be found under Tools menu.
Click Erase button and the software starts wiping the disk. Note: Once the process finishes, the computer cannot boot to system, as system partition have been erased.
You need to make a clean system installation on the hard disk. Case 3: Wipe a single file or folder on hard drive. Erasing an entire hard drive takes too much time, and you don't have to do that if you just want to erase certain existing files on the disk.
On account that deleting files by emptying Recycle Bin does not wipe data complete, we should do extra operation to make files unrecoverable. Files deleted in this way cannot be recovered by any recovery software or professionals. Let's have a close look at how to wipe files and folders:. Launch DiskGenius again, and locate files you want to permanently delete. Select those files and right-click them to choose " Delete Files Permanently ".
Click " Permanently Delete " button on the popped-up window. In order to completely delete the file, the application will refill hard drive sectors taken by the file during deletion.
By default, it overwrites data by filling zeros which can be modified to random data as well. Click " Delete " button to confirm the action to be done. Case 4: Erase deleted files only without affecting existing data. Erasing free space on hard drive overwrites lost files, which does not disturb existing files on the disk. This solution applies to those who just want to overwrite lost files only in order to make lost data unrecoverable.
Select characters to overwrite disk space and click " Erase " button. The application starts cleaning unused disk space, which takes long time if free space is very larger.
Physically destroying a hard drive is also a solution to ensure data is forever unrecoverable. If you are not going to reuse or recycle your hard drive, you can try this solution to clean data.
Use a screwdriver to remove all screws on the hard drive case. Then you'll be able to remove enclosure and the main circuit board. Remove platters and heads out of hard drive enclosure, and use a hammer to hit platters. Then repeatedly strike other components. Box up all components and throw them to garbage can.
This article talks about three methods regarding how to wipe a hard drive, SD card or removable disk, helping to make sure sensitive data can be erased safely and completely. Files erased by these methods are no longer available for data recovery , thus please make sure important files have been backed up to somewhere else before erasing any storage media.
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Summary How do you permanently erase data so that it cannot be recovered? When it comes to changing hard drive or giving away a computer, simply deleting files or formatting the hard drive is not enough to ensure privacy, as data recovery software makes it possible to recover lost or deleted data easily. Being the case, you can follow solutions in this article to permanently erase all data on computer hard drive to ensure your personal data can be well protected. Table of Contents Overview on wiping a hard drive in Windows 10 What to do before wiping a hard drive?
If you view tech forums or comminutes online, you can see lots of users looking for an easy way to clean storage devices, and here is one of them: "What is the best way to clean the hard drive of my laptop? How does hard disk wiping works? What to do before wiping a hard drive? Download and install hard drive wipe software. If you plan to clean hard disk on your own, a disk wipe tool is necessary. You should select one easy-to-use and effective tool for the task. If you want to wipe the entire computer, you should make sure the software can work on bootable drive.
Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to rgharper's post on July 25, Thank you for your answer. However, when running the program on Windows XP, we do not have this problem.
Files are overwritten as they should be. Wouldn't that rather be a rights problem in Windows 7? Although we do run the updates as "admin" run as… feature. In reply to Florent's post on July 25, It would seem xcopy has been deprecated in W7 in favor of Robocopy.
Would that be the reason for file duplication? So what happens when run in W7? Does Robocopy take precedence whilst keeping both copies? Cameron O. Have you checked to see if the file that is being created is set to read-only? In reply to Cameron O's post on July 25,
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