Delete Data Permanently to protect Erased Hard Disk

In today’s world where there are many hackers and people with malicious intention, deleting data permanently from hard disk or any other removable devices before selling it or giving it in unsecure hands should be made as a habit. As there are many cheaper electronic gadgets available in the market, so people often sell their electronic devices like PCs, laptops, mobiles etc or exchange them. Aware of the fact that many people do not erase data permanently from system, many agencies that have malicious intention are always interested in purchasing these types of materials.

These agencies purchases these type of electronic gadgets and recover the deleted data with the help of data recovery software and then they look for any personal or crucial data that can be used for many malicious operations like threating, black mailing etc. So we must be aware to delete data permanently from the hard disk of the system, mobile, USB drive before we are selling or handling them to others.

If you are using Windows operating system than you may delete data from system using shift + delete command or by formatting or reinstalling the operating system. But these data do not delete data permanently from system but only delete the pointers to the file. When data is erased by these processes they are not deleted permanently only the space occupied by them is indicated as free space. Deleted data can be still recovered using data recovery software.

So to delete data permanently from the system you need to wipe hard drive. Wipe drive software is reliable software that permanently deletes data from hard drive of the system and other electronic devices.