Data Wipe

Hard Drive is a non-volatile storage medium. It stores data permanently. User simply can’t delete data from hard drive permanently. When user deletes a file or directory, it moves in the recycle bin. When you empty the recycle bin, you think that data is deleted forever, but actually data doesn’t delete. Only the name of the files is removes from the index of the disk and data still remain physically on the disk. These data can be recovered with the help of Data Recovery software.

Sometimes you need for a new system for high speed or new hard drive for more storage capacity. In such conditions, if you sell your computer without deleting the existing data on your drive, it may leak your confidential information. In order to keep your information private, permanent data deletion is required. This process is generally required in the computers used in Banks, Army services, and for government records. When these old computers are sold without completely deleting the data, may be very dangerous.

In such conditions, to delete the data permanently, data wiping is required. Data wiping is the process of deleting the data with the help of software. This software is called data wipe. There are many kinds of data wiping software are available in the market. Generally when you delete the data with the combination of Shift + Del key or by emptying the recycle bin, it can be recovered with Data Recovery Software. But there is a drawback of the data recovery software. It can’t recover data if it is being overwritten. This software uses the overwriting technique, so it can’t be recovered with the help of data recovery software.

The data on the surface of the hard drive is stored in the binary form i.e. 0 and 1. This software first write all the data by 1 and then by 0. It repeats the same process for many times. The final overwriting process involves the random distribution of the ones and zeroes on the entire disk. This completely deletes all system files, including administrator data, system registry traces, and Windows logs. This makes the original data on the media unrecoverable. Some data-wiping applications also feature low level format options which could completely sterilize the disk.
Stellar Wipe is such kind of software. It is very powerful and effective data wiping software. You can erase selected files, folders or entire drive with the help of this software. You can also erase internet activities like history, favorites, cookies and temporary files with the help of this software.