How To Permanently Delete Data From Hard Drive

When I was new to Internet and knew nothing about computer viruses and spywares I used to format my PC after a week or two.

Whenever you delete any data from your hard drive, it is not permanently deleted and it can be restored back easily. When you delete any data it stays on the hard disk ( until some other file gets over-written on it ). The operating system shows us that the space is empty.

So whenever your want to format any of your hard drive, format it with the application known as TuneUp Utilities.

I have tried many file shredder programs but I love this one !!

Here is a tutorial on how you can delete all data from hard drive permanently :


First download and install TuneUp Utilities.

After installing it, open it and go to Additinal Tools in the left sidebar and select Delete Folders Permanently.



A new Window will pop up known as TuneUp Shredder. Just click on Select and open your drive to format.



Note : You will have to format your drives one by one and you cannot format your C drive with this application. For formatting C drive choose the default method.

Click on Next and choose your deletion method and again click on Next



I recommend you to choose Secure deletion, Gutmann method. Though it is very slow but is extremely secure.

When you will click Next formatting will start and in the same way you can delete all your data from all drives.

If you are facing any problem with this method or need more info, drop me an email at gagan.exe at gmail dot com

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