data removal

DuckDuckGo has quietly retooled its paid offering into a one-stop privacy and AI bundle, adding access to higher‑end chat models while keeping the $9.99/month price and the three core privacy protections that first made the subscription notable. Background DuckDuckGo started as a privacy-first...

BleachBit has long carved out a respected spot in the world of system maintenance, offering a reliable, open-source alternative to proprietary cleaning tools. With the arrival of BleachBit 5.0, the landscape for Windows 10/11 and Linux users seeking to purge digital detritus — from junk files to...

There are computer cleaners, and then there is PrivaZer—a digital detox tool that doesn’t merely delete your browser history and empty the recycling bin; it vows to hurl every last digital footprint into the technological abyss where even the ghosts of your old files daren’t return. Imagine a...

In an age where data security is paramount, ensuring that your personal information is completely and irretrievably deleted before selling, donating, or discarding a laptop is crucial. Whether you're upgrading to a new device or simply look to declutter your workspace, understanding the safest...

Want to Reset from within Windows 11 and do a Remove all option. Will this delete Data from my other 4 Drives or just the C Drive (current Windows drive)? Also, as a precaution, should I disconnect the other 4 Drives?

Greetings. New to the forum. Not new to Windows. For the past year, I've been using my personal laptop for work. I had two Office365 Profiles -- personal, and work. I've deleted the work profile, and have scoured the Registry for every instance of my former employer's name, and have removed...

I'm looking to sell a used Dell Poweredge T310 server with Server 2008 Standard SP2 and MS SQL Server 2008 R2 on it. I'd like to sell the server as-is, with the OS and installed programs. I've scrubbed many Windows XP through 10 PCs for sale but never a server. -The merits of selling this...

Hi guys, I've have successful removed a dual boot and booting ok win10 after rebuild mbr and removing linux partitions. However, I have 4 partitions at this moment and I would like to know if I can delete some without causing any issues to win10. Thanks in advanced. Sent from my Nexus 6P...

Hi, first post here because I didn't know what to do. My Samsung all in one (700a3d) was acting up a bit so I attempted a factory reset to hopefully fix the problem or, at the very least, allow me to remove my information from it so I can return it. Upon starting the reset (about 5-6 hours ago)...

I discovered what is called the $RECYCLE.BIN on a SimpleTech portable disk drive I use. It does not show up in the disk folder/file listing, but I can scan for it in the 'Find' routine (*recycle*.*)). What I am concerned with is that it may contain deleted files that need to be purged, but I...

Hello, I am a student ICT I have received an order for a script to that ensures if windows 7 is concluded that all the created data (documents, pictures) removed this script we put on PCs that are placed in a wijkcenterum public and are used as the privecy IMPORTANT is that we script can anyone...

i can see it with a software is there a program to encrypt the password and how can i remove windows live messenger password from system the password stored because i used onenote and sync and it asked for hotmail username and password and now its stored Link Removed Link Removed

I am send my 2 year computer to a friend of mine and i want to remove the information off the hard drive. So How do i completely format the hard drive?

I'm selling a Dell Vostro 320, OS Windows XP and would like to know how to remove personal info. I created a new administrator account and deleted the old one where the personal info was stored. Is this enough or do I need to do more? Thanks.

Hi, sorry if this has been posted already. i have partitioned one of my hard drives to have 2. now i want to delete it and revert it back to just one hard drive, can this be done??? please note that i had vista installed on the main hard-drive first then i created a partition drive to install...

Hi All, Just wondering if anybody could lend me a hand, a while back i upgraded to windows 7 beta from windows vista ultimate. The initial upgrade installation failed and created a series of folders on my HDD with the old windows vista files backed up in them. I have removed most of these...