If your switching to another computer or may be selling out your old desktop computer and you want to permanently remove files from the hard drive, then this article will surely help you do the job.

The content on your hard drive even when removed are still recoverable from the your hard drive like earlier we shared on recovering deleted photos from your digital camera. All your files even if deleted leave a trace on your hard drive and can be recovered using recovery applications.

Although almost all the deleted files are never permanently removed as they leave a trace on your hard drive but we will share some of the tips from to make sure the files from your hard drive are not easily recoverable. For people who think their data is a huge secret, I would suggest burning out the hard drive when it of no use to make sure your data does not go into known hands.

Never Use Quick Format:

When ever you have to give out your hard drive or maybe your USB drive to a friend, always transfer the data to a safe location and then format the hard drive or USB drive. When you are formatting the hard drive, do not use the quick format feature and always uncheck it from the options which appear when you format. Although it the quick format feature saves time but it makes a surface format clean up which is not efficient for data removal.

Use software removal tool

Using software removal tool to remove data from your hard drive makes it harder for the person who is trying to recover the files as the removal tool first cleans and remove the files and then writes random files to the hard drive which makes it extremely difficult to get the actual files to recover.

I would suggest using Darik’s Boot and Nuke software or Eraser which works really good on removing files permanently. Darik’s Boot and Nuke software will make install on your USB drive and when you boot your USB drive, it will prompt you further on removing a specific hard drive files.

If you know any software which works amazing at removing files permanently, do share it in the comments below.

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