Restoration of deleted files.

Do you know that any file or data deleted from your computer hard disk is easily restorable? They are simply reconstructed by means of numerous applications specializing in restoration of lost data. There are great many of these programs in the Internet and we'll list some of them below.

Why are files not deleted completely?

The point is that OS Windows does not erase files from the disk physically; it just ticks it off as ready for deletion. Files will be completely deleted only when other files are recorded over them. Therefore, it appears that even files you deleted several years ago are still easily restorable. Reconstruction can be carried out even if you formatted your disk several time after that.

Beware! Danger!

Internet files you temporarily saved and then deleted – your browser Internet history, temporary Internet files, cookies, Index.dat files and others – can help your ill-wishers to get to know about your Internet activity and this information is restorable with no trouble!

How to delete files forever?

For this purpose, you have to use specialized software that erases files from the disk physically, for instance, Clean Space. The program deletes files and leaves no opportunity to restore them in future.

How to delete files that have already been deleted?

If you want to prevent the reconstruction of the files and data later, use Secure Wipe function. By means of the function, Clean Space fills up the disk space with text files with accidental information and then deletes it. As a result, if someone tries to restore files from your computer, he/she will see only meaningless symbols (rubbish). This technique is the only one and the most reliable of all existing methods.

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