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 Post subject: Installing new operating system, delete all files on HDD?
PostPosted: March 20th, 2012, 17:59 
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I'm always installing a new Linux distro, and I was wondering if doing this deletes ALL files on the hard drive, I mean everything, like even a computer forensics expert couldn't find.


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 Post subject: Re: Installing new operating system, delete all files on HDD
PostPosted: March 20th, 2012, 19:10 
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Depends on how much of the HDD was over written. If you zerofilled the HDD before doing this one. There is a lot of variables behind all this to answer a general question like this one.

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 Post subject: Re: Installing new operating system, delete all files on HDD
PostPosted: March 20th, 2012, 22:15 
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Ann is correct it all depends however what peeks my interest is the comment about computer forensics. obviously something to "hide" but if its in some legal case I wouldn't destroy evidence it will only go against the person in the end. Seen it many times


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 Post subject: Re: Installing new operating system, delete all files on HDD
PostPosted: March 20th, 2012, 23:22 
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Well it's nothing I did wrong, I'm just making a point, not even computer experts could find any files that were previously installed. Thanks for answering


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 Post subject: Re: Installing new operating system, delete all files on HDD
PostPosted: August 15th, 2012, 19:25 
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Andi25 wrote:
if you are installion a Linux operation system on your old one, the data will be automatically overwritten.

As a generalisation, without specific qualifications of exactly which procedure is used, that statement is false. :( Unfortunately many people have the same misunderstanding.


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