Freddie's guide on how to make your data unrecoverable for free
That picture should give you a clue to what I mean by unrecoverable!
Notes: This will only work on Windows XP Professional Edition not the Home edition
Let face it all of us secrets we would rather not share with others, such as bank details, passwords etc, etc Sadly though the windows recycle bin just isn't up to scratch, even when it's emptied the data is sorted on your hard drive a series of 0's and 1's and any monkey with some decent shareware programme can recover it. So in order to make this data unrecoverable follow the following 3 steps
1) Before you delete any data make sure it is secure, (this is why you need Pro, Home doesn't have the encryption mechanism). Right Click on the folder you want to vanquish for good and go to Properties>Advanced>Encrypt contents this will make sure your data is secure. At this point anyone who wants to view this data will need to know your logon password.
2) To purge the folder of the offending data open a command prompt (Start>Run>Cmd) and type rmdir /s /q c:insert name of folder here This only removes the folder from the directory entry table and not any of the actually data. To overwrite that, type cipher/w:c:\(name of directory). Not even James Bond can get that data now!
3) This stage is optional but it teach a thing or two about the workings of the Stone age......sorry MS Dos. If you don't facny having to type out that command every time Create a MSdos batch file. To do this type CMD into the Start>Run
You should now have a command prompt window (a scary black screen with a blue strip). Now type in edit delete.bat
A blue screen now appears. This part is quite simple, all you have to do is put the commands in from Part 2. When you have done this select a direcotry to put it in. To save time save it to c:\ now press Alt+F, it will ask you to save the file, press Y for yes. Exit the Commmand prompt. The batch file should now be in your rout C drive (look for delete.bat). You could even place this in your startup folder so it runs everytime window loads.
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