I can't seem to find an answer to this question.
If we have a file, and then we delete it, we have a recoverable file. To make the deletion permanent, we would have to wipe the entire free space of the hard drive. This is time consuming and seems unnecessary to me. The hard disk is brand new, and have only used a small amount of the disk space. To be wiping the entire disk just for one or two files seem absurd.
My question is, is there a way(a program/utililty whatever), that can find the file that has been deleted(its location/sector/cluster) and wipe only that specific (area/file) making it unrecoverable?
I don't want a wiping utility that just wipes, there are many out there, I'm looking for what will answer my question.
It seems once you make the mistake of not deleting the file by wiping, you've lost your chance, and now you have to wipe the entire free space.
I would greatly appreciate any answer.
Regards,
Mike
If we have a file, and then we delete it, we have a recoverable file. To make the deletion permanent, we would have to wipe the entire free space of the hard drive. This is time consuming and seems unnecessary to me. The hard disk is brand new, and have only used a small amount of the disk space. To be wiping the entire disk just for one or two files seem absurd.
My question is, is there a way(a program/utililty whatever), that can find the file that has been deleted(its location/sector/cluster) and wipe only that specific (area/file) making it unrecoverable?
I don't want a wiping utility that just wipes, there are many out there, I'm looking for what will answer my question.
It seems once you make the mistake of not deleting the file by wiping, you've lost your chance, and now you have to wipe the entire free space.
I would greatly appreciate any answer.
Regards,
Mike