Saturday, August 3, 2013

Overwrite your Deleted Data for Safety



Did you know that all your deleted files could still be hacked unless you overwrite them?
This tutorial will show you how to securely wipe or overwrite free disk space on any partition or disk using the inbuilt cipher command in Windows



Steps:

1. Open (an elevated) command prompt or press Windows icon + R

2. Type the command below, and press Enter

The syntax required is: Code:

cipher /w:[drive]:\[folder]

where [drive] = drive letter, [folder] = folder name


If you want to wipe ALL free disk space on a particular drive, use this simpler syntax:

Code:

cipher /w:F:\

link:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/276046-cipher-command-overwrite-deleted-data-
windows.html

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