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AnnaOmnity

Post subject: Do you think that this data can be recovered?

Posted: January 18th, 2014, 18:35

Joined: January 18th, 2014, 18:30
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Location: Scotland

I have a few laptops that I am looking to sell but want to make sure that the data is wiped.

I used the Dell DataSafe tool to restore the laptop to the factory settings and therefore it has a clean install of Windows 7.

Following recommendation, I then used CCleaner to wipe the data with 3 passes.

Am I good to go? Or are there any other programs/tools which I should now use?

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Dmitry Postrigan

Post subject: Re: Do you think that this data can be recovered?

Posted: January 19th, 2014, 20:19

Joined: September 27th, 2005, 8:21
Posts: 765

What exactly does CCleaner do?

The only 99.9% reliable way to remove data is to do a full HDD wipe (zero fill/sometimes called "low level format") + verification of the entire media.

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ROb

Post subject: Re: Do you think that this data can be recovered?

Posted: January 20th, 2014, 9:49

Joined: April 16th, 2008, 4:50
Posts: 264

Good to Go...

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