Unable to permanently delete data

Seasider247 · 01-08-2009, 03:33 PM

Hi all,

I’ve encountered a problem I hope someone can help me with. Afraid I’m a near-novice, so treat me gently!

All the data erasers I’ve used don’t seem able to delete the many JPEGS and word documents I would like to see the back of. I routinely use CCleaner, set to the 35-pass option after each surfing session. Have tried using several data removal utilities including Stellar Wipe and Eraser but the data is easily recovered, intact, using a recovery utility called Pandora. Even blitzing individual JPEGS with a 35-pass overwrite has no effect.

I’m currently using Windows XP & following advice have turned off the System Restore and Volume Shadow Service to prevent copies of the data being made, but this has had no effect. The only thing that works is overwriting the entire hard drive, but this is time consuming. What I need to know is why all this data seems impervious to my attempts to delete it.

Any advice would be much appreciated

**nonamedsomebody** · 01-11-2009, 02:22 PM

are you getting any errors while trying to delete these documents?

01-08-2009, 03:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
Seasider247 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Unable to permanently delete data Hi all, I’ve encountered a problem I hope someone can help me with. Afraid I’m a near-novice, so treat me gently! All the data erasers I’ve used don’t seem able to delete the many JPEGS and word documents I would like to see the back of. I routinely use CCleaner, set to the 35-pass option after each surfing session. Have tried using several data removal utilities including Stellar Wipe and Eraser but the data is easily recovered, intact, using a recovery utility called Pandora. Even blitzing individual JPEGS with a 35-pass overwrite has no effect. I’m currently using Windows XP & following advice have turned off the System Restore and Volume Shadow Service to prevent copies of the data being made, but this has had no effect. The only thing that works is overwriting the entire hard drive, but this is time consuming. What I need to know is why all this data seems impervious to my attempts to delete it. Any advice would be much appreciated

01-11-2009, 02:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
nonamedsomebody Obama I's my father Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: USA Posts: 403 OS: Windows 7 Professional My System	Re: Unable to permanently delete data are you getting any errors while trying to delete these documents? __________________ Intel E8400 Evga 8800GT OC Edition 2GB G-skill DDR2