A file shedder will keep your data secure

Posted On July 15, 2009

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Most people really believe that when they delete a file it magically is removed from their computer. They think no one can ever see that information they removed. Wow are they wrong. Deleting a file does not remove it. It only marks the space the file held as available for writing. If you want to permanently remove data from your computer you will need to use a file shredder. What is a file shredder . It is exactly like the paper shredder you use in your office. It is a software tool that will tear the contents of files into millions of tiny pieces so that noone can ever reassemble them. Businesses need file shredders to comply with government security standards but anyone who does not want their privacy destroyed should use a file shredder for permanent deletion of files.

Critical data security with file shredder

Imagine a situation, on one fine day, Mr. Johnson (fictional character and is in no way related to anyone) decides that he had enough with his old, slow computer and wanted to get rid of his machine as soon as possible and to buy a brand new computer.

After doing traditional research on Google, Mr. Johnson decides to put up the computer for sale over Internet, luckily he gets a buyer and who sums up a descent amount to buy his machine, so Mr. Johnson immediately sells of his PC and ships it to the buyer. Everything keeps on going well until after one month Mr. Johnson receives a call from his friend telling him that pictures of him without clothes are being circulated over Internet.

Imagine a situation where you know formatting a drive is no longer safe. You need a proper mechanism, which can destroy the data from your machine, and it should be beyond recovery. Tools such as File Shredder come in handy when you have urgent requirement to delete files beyond recovery and to keep your critical data away from prying eyes.

How to delete files permanently

There are lots of data recovery software available to recover deleted files from your hard drive, USB drives, Memory cards etc.

So how safe is your data being confidential?

Here is how you can shred / destroy sensitive data files from your hard drive, USB drives, Memory cards with few mouse clicks.

Shredded files using File Shredder are highly impossible to recover using any data recovery software available in the market. File Shredder utility has 9 shredding standards to erase the files stored on hard drive, USB drive, memory cards etc.