Melodicdeath
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Say I deleted a bunch of files before I got Eraser, and now I want to use Eraser to permanetly delete those files. How could I recover them, so that I could use Eraser on them?
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joe935
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you would need a program that can recover deleted files, such as this:
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/driverescue19d.html
However depending on how much time has passed since deletions, and how much has been added to the hard drive, You may find it impossible to recover the deleted files.
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/driverescue19d.html
However depending on how much time has passed since deletions, and how much has been added to the hard drive, You may find it impossible to recover the deleted files.
Melodicdeath
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Thanks man.
If you run Erase unused space on the drive in question, it will erase the portions of the previously deleted files that happen to be in unused space. The portions that have been overwritten by other files will not be erased but they will have been overwritten at least once.
The combination should be adequate for most normal purposes.
The combination should be adequate for most normal purposes.
Melodicdeath
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Sorry, I'm not very familiar with the tool, but if I were to use it on my C drive would it be safe? What type of files would the "unused space" fall under?
"Unused space " is just that ... no files. This can be virgin disk space (never used since manufacture) or space formerly occupied by deleted files.
In reality, your deleted files remain in this unused space until they happen to be overwritten by another file. Running Erase unused space forces overwriting of all supposedly unused space so you don't have to undelete the file to erase it.
In reality, your deleted files remain in this unused space until they happen to be overwritten by another file. Running Erase unused space forces overwriting of all supposedly unused space so you don't have to undelete the file to erase it.