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http://live.pirillo.com/ – When you delete a file are you really erasing it from your hard drive? No, not really. When you delete a file, the operating system simply marks the space on the hard drive as unused.

Erasing, unlike deletion, eliminates all traces of a file, so that you can’t recover the files by writing over the same section of the hard drive many times.

If you’ve ever stored sensitive information on your computer – passwords, credit card information, or checking account information – you’ll want to erase the hard drive, especially if you’re selling it to someone.

A great free utility to do this is called Eraser:

Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows), which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, Windows 2003 Server and DOS.

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