I am running Windows File Recovery on my 1TB M.2 SSD and I am appalled at how much data is recoverable. When I delete something I expect it to be deleted. Gone. Irrecoverable. Can I do this with already deleted files?

I was thinking and my method might be to run all of the files I want to delete through an application I’d write which would 0 the files first.

Marking this as data recovery though it is more the prevention of data recovery.

  • Titanium125@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just do a full disk encryption on the drive. Problem solved.

    You should be aware that deleting a file just deletes the pointer to the file. It doesn’t over write it. That’s very important for a person who will be coding applications to be aware of.

    • Revision9543@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’m aware, I’ve been in software development for over 10 years now. I just thought it would’ve reutilized those sections by now.