I'd like to thank you for your information. Indeed I meant sensitive
information.

Since friday I've been thinking on this and I thought doing the
following:
- Delete the files I need to remove from disk
- Delete all temporary files including on local folders
- Proceed to defrag ( using Windows Defrag or even Contig from
Sysinternals )

Any opinion on this are appreciated.

TIA


On 5 Jul, 09:50, Anteaus <Ante...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> This is a complex question with no simple answer. Although, the lowdown is
> Yes, deleted copies can be salvaged relatively easily, as only the
> directory-entry is removed, the data remains on-disk until that space is
> needed again.
>
> Word is a particular problem in this respect, since it creates temporary
> files whilst editing is in progress, and doesn't always delete them (even
> from the disk directory)
>
> There are utilities to securely erase files, but these are only effectiveif
> they are USED to delete the file. If the file was deleted by other means they
> may not help.
>
> http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...stem/shred.htm
>
> Lowdown is, if you have sensitive data, e.g. payroll, then you would be
> better to use a dedicated program, or else store the data in a Truecrypt
> volume.
>
> http://truecrypt.org
>
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> "This is a wonderful computer. It''s 20yrs old and absolutely reliable. *
> And, in all that time it''s only had four mobos, six processors, two cases,
> seven OS''s ...."
>
>
>
> "John70" wrote:
> > I've been told that if I delete a file from the disk or if I save a
> > newer version of a file eg Word Document, there are of getting both,
> > ie, recover the deleted file and also recover previous version of the
> > files I've saved (this example, the Word Document). Is it true?
> > Because I have sensible information that I had to remove from my
> > computer how can I prevent that without having to format and reinstall
> > Windows again?
>
> > TIA