Recycling Bin Conspiracy Theory…Nah
Do you know that when you delete something on your comp (computer), you are actually not deleting it at all? Its true. You are actually just deleting the "Table of Content". The real raw data is still in your computer. Cool. This means that what you delete and emptied from your recycling bin, can still be retrieved, maybe by using Norton Unerase Wizard.
This also means that should any of your friends or enemies get a hold of your computer, they can see what you have deleted, sometimes this can be very awkward and even incriminating.
So how come we can still retrieve files that have been deleted. Lets put it this way, deleting is similar to tearing off a part of the content section of a book, lets say chapter 5. If you read the content section, you will not know that chapter 5 exists, but if you read the whole book, you will find one chapter, called chapter 5, is still in the book. Similarly, when you delete something, your computer will delete the "Table of Content" but not the raw data. It will always be there unless your hard disk runs out of space and overwrites files whose "Table of Content" has been deleted.
So here comes the interesting part. Is there a programme that can permanently "delete" files that you really wanna get rid of? Yes, this programme is called Eraser, it overwrites your original file for as many as 35 times with different patterns. Most common computer users will not be able to pull back the files that you erase this way. Of course, the Government or some hot shot hackers might have a way around this, who knows…..(X-Files theme playing)… The truth is out there. Anyway if you are interested in some Computer Kung Fu, just download it from the link below:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=37015
I got this info from a guy in the net. Whoever you are thanks. Lots of interesting stuff on your site, man. For more details on how to use this programme, see the link below:
