Privacy – Use Disk Redactor to Remove Traces of Old Deleted File Data from your Drives
Posted by: Barry Cleave in Portable Freeware, tags: File Deletion, Freeware, Portable Application, Portable Freeware, PortableApps, Programs, Security, Software, Utilities, Windows, WIndows Vista, Windows XP
What’s This About?
CyberShredder is another very small portable application which is designed to remove all traces of old file data from your hard disks. It does not touch any existing files or the files in the recycle bin. This is very useful to ensure that files that have not been securely deleted cannot be recovered.
Why Would You Want It?
As noted under the previous post Privacy – Use CyberShredder to Securely Delete Files & Folders :-
When Windows deletes files from your hard disk using the standard delete or cut/paste methods it does not erase all the file details, just the index entry. So the file is still there you just can’t see it. There are plenty of free, portable programs available to recover such files ( see Recuva – Easy and Quick Way to Recover Deleted Photos and Files). Over time the “deleted” file may be overwritten by new files but this could be slow and is a random process. If you need to make sure personal details or other sensitive information is erased, for instance if you want to sell a hard drive or your old computer, then you need a program like CyberShredder.
Disk Redactor provides the complimentary piece of software to CyberShredder by “wiping” the areas of the disk that may contain information from files not deleted by a secure method.
What Does It Do – The Essentials?
Summary:
- Overwrites unused disk space
- Securely erase single or multiple folders
- Uses different methods depending on level of security
Pros: What’s Good?
Features & Benefits
- Freeware
- Portable
- Easy to Use
Cons:What’s Not So Good?
- Installer only download
- Options are not available “grayed out” **
- Can’t select multiple drives
** This was not a problem in an earlier version – see post for more details
More About What it Does in Detail:
Go to Page 2 for details and screenshots
Go to Page 3 for ProReviewer Summary
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December 1st, 2008 at 2:57 pm - Edit
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February 7th, 2009 at 9:26 am - Edit
well this is good info for me, thanks for sharing this !
March 2nd, 2009 at 12:26 am - Edit
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March 5th, 2009 at 8:03 pm - Edit
Awesome. I don’t know some of it before. Thank you very much.
March 24th, 2009 at 9:28 pm - Edit
Don’t bother with Disk Redactor, it does not work. To prove it get a copy of File Scavenger.
Create and erase whatever file you want. Use Disk Redactor to supposedly erase deleted
files. Then use File Scavenger to recover the deleted file. Sorry, folks, its more internet crapware.
March 26th, 2009 at 12:01 am - Edit
This is great news. I have removed several hard drives from old computers and am afraid to throw them away. This program should help with recycling e-waste.
April 12th, 2009 at 5:33 am - Edit
very nice post, very helpfull
May 20th, 2009 at 3:10 pm - Edit
Who needs this software? probably people dealing with sensitive data, i was looking for a software that recovers deleted files from recycle bin.
marsi,
June 21st, 2009 at 2:48 am - Edit
Yeah me too, is that totally safe!?
July 15th, 2009 at 10:47 pm - Edit
Whats about Get Data Back 4.0, usually i using this..
August 18th, 2009 at 4:37 am - Edit
if the note book be lost is very terrible
August 21st, 2009 at 4:58 am - Edit
It is good tool in terms of making your hard disk clean and your computer much effective, faster
August 27th, 2009 at 2:17 pm - Edit
Thanks for your useful trick who we can safe data back now..
September 14th, 2009 at 10:48 pm - Edit
thanks for very useful information
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October 4th, 2009 at 1:32 pm - Edit
It’s useful for me and my friends.Thanks you!
October 19th, 2009 at 9:14 pm - Edit
Thanks, I was searching for a shredder.
October 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 pm - Edit
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November 18th, 2009 at 2:58 am - Edit
Thanks for share..
November 24th, 2009 at 9:03 pm - Edit
Thanks for help, you do a great job
November 24th, 2009 at 9:04 pm - Edit
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December 24th, 2009 at 6:38 am - Edit
Very useful guidelines for recovering erased datas.Great work!
December 27th, 2009 at 1:58 pm - Edit
great post,i like.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:30 am - Edit
i will definate look into getting one cheers. Pete
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January 4th, 2010 at 5:31 am - Edit
I have removed several hard drives from old computers and am afraid to throw them away. This program should help with recycling e-waste.
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January 10th, 2010 at 8:08 pm - Edit
Previously erased files always takes so much data at hard disk, which reduce free space available. It’s important to have a software installed like the above.
January 12th, 2010 at 4:19 pm - Edit
Sounds like a pretty neat tool. I din’t actually realize files weren’t completely removed when deleting. How come the files are removed from the disk space then?
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January 17th, 2010 at 6:54 am - Edit
Well worth the read. Thanks for sharing this information. I got a chance to know about this.
January 18th, 2010 at 6:53 pm - Edit
This is certainly very useful to ensure that files that have not been securely deleted cannot be recovered.
February 8th, 2010 at 10:52 am - Edit
This program is very helpful, i thought about this issue but i didn’t think that such program exists unit i saw this one, and this tool is a free one, I’m gonna try this now.
February 12th, 2010 at 8:05 pm - Edit
thats a good news for all those who are having problems in deleting the old files on the hard disk
February 16th, 2010 at 12:11 am - Edit
A very good tool for someone who want to secure the data.
clasamente fotbal
February 19th, 2010 at 12:29 pm - Edit
Yes deleted means deleted. No traces should be left because unnecessary space will be utilized for that. Good job, this really a good post about the application.
February 20th, 2010 at 11:08 am - Edit
Amazingly and informative article …. I like it….
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February 25th, 2010 at 11:48 am - Edit
This application will definitely help clean up file data from old drives. Thanks for the info. I might need this application someday.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:01 pm - Edit
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March 8th, 2010 at 9:12 am - Edit
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