Completely Erasing Information... Undoubtedly, Completely, Irretrievably...

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  1. Dunsky

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    Hey, I know that you can't delete information permanently by simply sending it to the recycle bin...

    But there seems to be a fair number of "Washer" or "Wipe" or "Privacy" software that seems to claim to be able to do this...

    My question is...

    If I use Webroot Window Washer to delete internet stuff and "Bleach" free disk space..

    If I reformat the hard drive and reinstall a fresh OS...

    If I nuke the hard drive using all the methods provided by Zilla Data Nuker (The DoD...The German Method, the Guttman method) in which stuff is overwritten and decoy files are placed in a certain algorithm...

    If I do all of that stuff, how likely would it be for something to be recoverable from the hard drive at a later point in time?

    Please, I need tech experts and people with know-how... if you just believe that stuff cannot be deleted ever and you have nothing to back your claims then don't bother..

    Thanks in advance...
     
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