If you are planning to sell your
old desktop/laptop to anyone, make double sure that your personal data can be
completed erased before handed over to anyone. Most of our PC/laptops contain
bank account details, personal images, important documents, etc. which are a
bit secret to us. Most of the people thought that a shift delete or formatting
will permanently delete their data. Shift delete command only erases the
pointers, as a result it was impossible for an operating system to access the
data. The old data is not fully gone until the area of the disk is overwritten
by new information. Any person with deep expertise in data recovery can
retrieve your data. So, always use recommended method before handed over your
hard drive or machine to anyone.
There are many ways to completely
destroy your data before disposing it: -
1) Third party software i.e.,
Software Approach
2) Physical Destruction Method
3) Hardware or Mechanical Method
Erasing a data with the help of data erasing software is by far the best
and most suitable method. Also, this method is environment-friendly and hard
drive can be reusable again for future purposes. There are many software
available online which can be used with the help of bootable USB/CD’s to
securely delete our sensitive data. When we erase a data, we overwrite all data
on it with 0’s, 1’s, or a random mix of 0’s and 1’s. The overwriting process is
done on every sector of hard drive. The multiple overwriting process, leads to
no trace of old data left in our storage device which eventually makes us
secure from data theft.
One Software, which I want to
specify here is Stellar’s Data Recovery – BitRaser because of its all-round and
secure performance. This Software is designed by the team of experienced data
recovery experts. So, you will be completely satisfied that your data can’t be
recovered by any methods by anyone.
It is based on international
erasing standards. BitRaser uses a number of different algorithms like DoD and
NIST. With the help of this technology, the data is securely wiped. The more
time it overwrites the data, lesser will be the chances to recover it back. It
is also helpful in erasing internet activities like cookies, history and saved
passwords. Also, multiple storage devices are wiped at once by using BitRaser
software. Erasing Solid State Drives is also possible using this software. Just
select the number of hard drives to erase, it will work efficiently by saving
your lots of time. So, it was designed by keeping in mind the need of the home user
as well as large organization like banks and defense.
The speed of this powerful data
erasing software is excellent. No matter, how complex your data is, it perform
efficient results with high success rate. Also, BitRaser provide you permanent
Data wipe certification, which assures you and gives trust to you that your
data is never ever traced back. Easily supports erasures of all drives – IDE
/ATA, SCSI, SAS, SATA Hard drive, USB Hard drive. Enterprise edition of
BitRaser is capable of booting multiple hard drives with the help of remote LAN
by centralized process management which control and manage erasure over a
network.
Technical Specification of Software:-
Operating System – Windows
10/8.1/8/7/Vista/XP
Hardware Requirements
• Processor –x86 or x64 RAM / Pentium Class
Processor
• USB Port – 2.0/3.0
• Minimum 256 MB RAM
• Hard Disk – 40 MB of free space
With the use of Windows data wiping tool,
you can prevent identity theft by any unwanted person, who may misuse for any
suspicious activity in future. Also, while other ways of permanent data
deletion are also available, but you have to pick the most economical and
time-saving approach. Also, it is everyone responsibility to reduce Electronic
scrap, as already huge piles of old components are present. Use of
environment-friendly data erasure tool while disposing of your IT assets is a
good decision.
