Computer Problems? Computing.Net has over 1,000,000 posts about all things technology related! Over 90% answered within 24 hours! Click here to start participating now! Also, be sure to check out the New User Guide.
Permanently Deleing Data
Name: John Doe Date: July 17, 2003 at 17:03:02 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: p3/670MHz, 256MB
Comment:
My girlfriend is too cute. I have tons of her pictures on my machine. I'm selling my machine so I don't want other guy to see my girl. I want to get rid of the images permanently (totally unrecoverable). I'm aware of data recovery softwares which recovers data even after they have been deleted. Can they recover files deleted by SHIFT+DEL or just DEL? How secure would I be if i first change the extension, open with text writer (like Notepad) modify contents and then SHIFT+DEL? That will I believe at least confuse the recovery software with the extension. Right?
Summary: You might want to consider getting a "scrubber" program. Even after a format and reinstall, it is possible to retrieve files from the drive if they were not overwritten. Take a look at the section "S...
Summary: if you are making it to the boot menu options you may try "Last Known Good Configuration" or something like that... if you are unable to get that to work either then you best bet is probably to try an...
Summary: 1. There are many tools, but no perfect solutions. Bob's suggestion is a good one, but if it doesn't work look for some other related tools. Data recovery doesn't come cheap, so keep in mind it's ...
0 
Boot Hang
