Yes, because you never really erase it....you just take away the markers....so to speak...but there are companies who can recover the data for a price....they phsycally read the platters by taking the drive apart. Michael B. P.S. There is a way to really erase a hard drive in case you sell your computer....I don't know how though....I just know reformatting does not erase.
Has Spybot had an update in months? I know Adaware has an update every few weeks, my version of spybot doesn't seem to have had one since I downloaded it.
Spybot has updates all of the time. I just downloaded and installed one on Saturday. I usually check for updates weekly.
The "Secure Harddisk Eraser" overwrites the hard disk with zeroes. That way you are not potentially giving someone else your personal info if you sell or throw away your hard drive. http://www.help2go.com/article91.html Charles
-- FOR THE EXTREMELY PARANOID ON THIS SITE -- The only way to make sure very very sensitive data on you hard drive can't be recovered is to take it apart and destroy it by fire, acid or what ever it takes. For enough money, even overwritten drives have a residual shadow of previous data that could be recovered by someone wanting to spend the money to recover it.
Spybot is awsome and works very well and is the essence of simplicity to use...highly recomend it. rttrader1 -
Man, I am not THAT worried about somebody accessing my old porn. If they are going to go to all that trouble, they can have at it... :eek: