We’ve all permanently deleted a computer file before, whether it was because our storage was too small or because it was personal info or any other reason. You might assume that once you permanently delete your files, they’re gone forever, completely unrecoverable and lost to history. But are they really? Well, no.
If you were to permanently delete a file normally, the file will still be there in the storage system. According to Stellar Data Recovery, the storage system makes the file’s occupied space available to be overwritten, it doesn’t immediately delete actual contents of the file. Which means yes, they can be recovered. You can find reliable data recovery software and it can recover permanently deleted files, but this gets more difficult as time goes on, as the chance that the file would have been replaced increases.
But what if I want to truly permanently delete a file? What if I want to get rid of any personal info or other confidential information? You’re in luck. You can find a trustworthy file shredder online. It will overwrite the part of the storage system occupied by your target file so that it cannot be recovered, being even more secure than physical paper shredders, which its shredding can still be painstakingly re-pieced. No software can bring digitally shredded documents back, even if it knows where to look, as it would have been replaced.
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https://www.aptosolutions.com/blog/when-does-deleting-a-file-not-delete-it
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