How to delete critical files beyond recovery

Information is critical element for most of the people. Sometimes information leakage might leads to a huge problem. Preventing unauthorized access of critical files is a big challenge. Even if you delete any file from your hard drive or external drive permanently by emptying the Recycle Bin, it can be recovered with the help of some data recovery software. Hence you need to be careful even about deleting the important files from your computer.

When you delete file from any storage media, only the index file which holds all the information related to deleted file manipulation will be removed and the space occupied by that file marked as available but the actual information stored by the user still resides on the stored sector until it is overwritten with new data. Such information can be easily recovered with the help of data recovery software. Even if you format your drive also, these tools will recover the files stored.

In order to delete your file beyond recovery, you need to overwrite the space which is occupied the deleted file. This is really a bit difficult task but you can do it in an easier way with the help of some file shredder utilities. The most common scenarios where users might think of deleting the files beyond recovery are listed here.

  • If you are planning to sell your personal computer or hard drive, you need to delete the files if you have stored some critical information in it.
  • In case if you are handling your laptop to any other user at work, then for security reasons you need to erase the critical information beyond recovery.

Unfortunately there is no any built-in software provided with Windows operating system to erase the data. So you need to use some third party utilities which can completely delete the files.

Remo File Eraser is one such powerful file shredder which is specially developed to erase files from your Windows computer. This tool completely overwrites the storage device using various shredding patterns without leaving any trace of critical data. This software uses different shredding patterns which are approved by government and law enforcement agencies.

Remo file shredder uses 9 different file shredding patterns which are listed below.

  • Fast Zero Overwrite
  • US Navy, NAVSO P-5239-26 – RLL
  • Random Overwrite
  • US Department of Defense (DOD 5220.22-M)
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – NATO standard
  • DOD Standard 5220.28 STD
  • German: VSITR
  • Peter Gutmann Secure Deletion
  • US Department of Defense (DOD 5220.22-M) + Gutmann Method.

 

Using this software you can shred an individual or a set of files or folders from a logical drive or any removable storage media. With the help of context menu you can select and shred any file or folders anywhere from the Windows irrespective of the stored location. It facilitates you to shred files stored on FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, NTFS5 formatted partitions or drives. Remo File shredder is highly user friendly with which even a first time user can completely shred his files with in a few clicks, without facing any difficulties. It provides step-by-step on-screen instructions to shred the files.

You can download Remo File Shredder for efficient file shredding process.